FINEST & ONLY AT PCGS & NGC MS 63 RB 1590 6S WAR SEIGE COINAGE GENEVA TONED GOLD

Description

PRESENTING THE FINEST 1590
6 SOLS
WAR-SEIGE COINAGE AT BOTH NGC & PCGS !
NGC MS 63 RB (RED BROWN)
"
THE SIX SOLS TYPE
"  NOT THE MUCH LESS SCARCE "PVN" TYPE!
COMPOSITION: COPPER
GOLDEN MINT REDS, WITH HINTS OF LAVENDERS & STORM BLUES MIXED WITH SOME MILK CHOCOLATE BROWNS !
DIAMETER: 26 MM
ALL ELEMENTS ARE AS MINTED (ORIGINAL TO COIN, NO DAMAGE)
AN UN-MESSED WITH PIECE THAT PRESENTS A RADIANT HALO ACCENTED, FIERY GOLDEN RED GLOW!
TWO STAR OBVERSE, WITH LOVELY DENTICLES BOTH OBVERSE AND REVERSE !
A RARE TO FIND PIECE IN MINT STATE, AND FOUND IN MS63 RB IT'S UNIQUE!
AN ABSOLUTELY STELLAR EXAMPLE OF THIS USUALLY FOUND WORN, BENT, HOLED, OR OTHERWISE SUBPAR WAR PIECE.
THE BEAUTIFUL MINT REDS HAVE PRESENT A HEAVENLY GOLDEN GLOW- STILL EXPRESSING THE HOPE OF PEACE WHILE IN THE MIDST OF SEIGE & WAR!
OBVERSE
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THE SHIELD OF GENEVA ON A VERY BOLD & ON FIRE RADIANT SUN !
REVERSE
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SIX SOLS PUVR LES SOLDATS DE GENEVE 1590
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English translation
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SIX SOLS FOR THE SOLDIERS OF GENEVA
SIMPLY, THE MOST BEAUTIFUL & WHOLESOME 1590 GENEVA 6 SOLS SEIGE COINAGE WE HAVE EVER SEEN !
1590 SEIGE & WAR!
When Geneva joined the Protestant Reformation in 1536 and declared itself an independent republic, the power-struggles in the region once again escalated.
Following the 1564 treaty of Lausanne, the area returned to Savoy.
Under the rule of the Savoyard vassals of de Crose, who had become the owners of the castle thanks to a marriage with a member of the house of Champion, the fortress became a center of partisans who resisted the expansionist ambitions of Geneva in the 1589 war.
On the 1st of January 1590, troops from Geneva made a first attempt to conquer the fortress but were repelled by a hail of stones.
One week later, a French officer who was called Lurbigny and served in Geneva's forces conducted a reconnaissance mission with 50 mounted soldiers. During the night from the 11th to the 12th January 1590, a Genevan force of one calvary platoon and four infantry companies with four or six canons launched another attack.
According to records from Geneva, the artillery, which the Genevans had just captured during the conquest of Versoix, succeeded in breaching the walls, only then did the castle lord Claude de Crose with his family and some twenty fighters surrender. Still, they were allowed to leave the castle with their weapons.
The attackers made plentiful of booty, took away all usable items, and started demolishing the fortifications.
A COUPLE PICTURES ARE WORTH THOUSAND OF WORDS, BEHOLD!
A STUNNING 430 YEAR OLD PIECE OF EUROPEAN ART & HISTORY!
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AFTER 430 YEARS, THERE ARE NONE NICER NOR BOLDER!
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