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Geneva Field Shooting Society

Features

Location SwitzerlandSwitzerland (1848-date)
Type Event tokens › Shooting festival tokens
Year 1860
Composition Brass
Weight 3.75 g
Diameter 22 mm
Shape Round
Technique Milled
Orientation Coin alignment ↑↓
Number
N#
355409
References CH Jetons# 188a
Jürg Richter; 2005. Die Schützenjetons der Schweiz = The Shooting Tokens of Switzerland. Battenberg Gietl Verlag, Regenstauf, Bavaria, Germany.

Obverse

Coat of arms of Geneva in the centre.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
POST TENE-
-BRAS LUX
IHS

Unabridged legend:
Post tenebras lux
JHSVS

Translation:
After the darkness, the light.
Jesus.

Reverse

Radiant Swiss cross.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
SOC : GENEV : DU TIR DE CAMPAGNE
· 1860 ·

Unabridged legend: Société genevoise du tir de campagne.

Comments

Weight: 3.5-3.9 g

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
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