Swiss Cantons, City of Geneva, BI 3 Sols

Includes glass top leatherette display box.

• Origin: Swiss Cantons
• Authority: City of Geneva
• Date: 1638 CE
• Denomination: BI (billon, debased silver) 3 Sols
• Size: 22.5mm, 1.49g
• Obverse: *1638* GENEVA * CIVITAS - Date above arms on shield
• Reverse: B*G ·POST·TENEBRAS·LVX· - Cross on quatrefoil in inner circle
• Notes: In the 17th and 18th centuries, the Swiss cantons formed a loose confederation known as the Old Swiss Confederacy, rather than a unified nation. Each canton governed itself independently, with significant differences in religion—some were Catholic while others followed Protestantism after the Reformation. Despite internal tensions and occasional conflicts, the cantons maintained a degree of cooperation for mutual defense and economic stability until the confederation was transformed by the French invasion of Switzerland at the end of the 18th century.

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