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266, Lot: 515. Estimate $100.
Sold for $130. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SWITZERLAND, République et Canton de Genève. Genève. CU 6 Sols (26mm, 4.32 g, 5h). Dated 1590. Coat-of-arms on eight-rayed sun / · SIX ·/ * SOLS */ POVR · LES/ SOLDATS · DE/ GENEVE/ · 1590 ·. Coraggoni pl. XLVII, 23 ; HMZ 2-300; Mailliet p. 159, 2. Good VF, brown patina, obverse slightly double struck.


This series was struck during the perennial conflicts of the late 16th century, as Carlo Emanuele of Savoy attempted to prevent Geneva from maintaining its independence. The Italian duke would again fail to take the city by siege in 1602, a victory still celebrated in the annual Fête de l'Escalade.