Time Period: 1816-1839
Currency: Genevan Florin
- Transition
- -
- Sub-units
- Florin / 12 Sols / 12 Deniers
- ISO4217
- none
Timeline
- 1798-1815
- Annexation of Geneva by Napoleonic France: The Genevan currency got suspended, and the Geneva mint produced French coins (mint mark "G") during 1799-1805.
- 21.03.1816
- Law on the restoration of the Genevan currency; effective 22.03.1816
- 18.04.1816
- Low on the issuance of subsidiary coins (amended on 02.04.1817); effective 16.06.1817
- 22.03.1816
- Rating of foreign coins in circulation:
- Silver: 4 Swiss Francs = 12⅔ Genevan Florins; 5 French Francs = 10⅚ Genevan Florins
- Gold: 16 Swiss Francs = 50⅚ Genevan Florins; 20 French Francs = 43⅓ Genevan Florins; Louis d'Or of 24 French Livres = 50⅚ Genevan Florins.
- 16.06.1817
- Start of issuance of new subsidiary coins
Valuation Regimes
- 1816-1839
- Metallic currency based on circulating silver coins. Base weight was the Parisian mark / 8 ounces / 24 deniers / 24 grains at 244.752 grams.
Rate Arrangements
- 22.03.1816
- Metallic
- Florin: 2'079.06mg
- Genevan Livre of 3½ Florins at 137 Parisian grains of fine silver
Time Period: 1839-1851
Currency: Genevan Franc
- Transition
- 10 : 21
- Sub-units
- Franc / 100 Cents
- ISO4217
- none
Timeline
- 07.02.1838
- Law on the adoption of a decimal currency in the French silver standard; effective 01.01.1839
- 18.07.1838
- Ordinance on the issuance of subsidiary coins (amended on 05.06.1840 and 08.12.1843); effective 01.01.1839
- 01.01.1839
- Start of currency exchange:
- 01.01.1839: Start of issuance of the new coinage.
- 30.01.1847: Demonetization of the pre-decimal subsidiary coins (the original deadline of 31.12.1846 was extended by law of 13.12.1846).
- 08.07.1846
- Law on the issuance of new subsidiary coins (amended on 16.11.1846); effective 01.01.1847
- 1846-1850
- Issuance paper money in Genevan Francs by commercial banks:
- 16.02.1846: Start of paper money issuance by the Bank for the Genevan Commerce (est. 10.11.1845)
- 01.09.1848: Start of paper money issuance by the Bank of Geneva (est. 12.05.1848).
- 03.04.1848
- Law on the issuance of gold coins of 20, 10 Genevan Francs and silver coins of 10, 5 Genevan Francs; effective immediately.
- To prevent their exportation to France, the coins were produced in different alloys and sizes than the French coins:
- Gold: 10 Genevan Francs at 3.821 grams gold 0.750 / silver 0.150 fine (10 French Francs at 3.226 grams gold 0.900 fine)
- Silver: 5 Genevan Francs at 26.011 grams silver 0.865 fine (5 French Francs at 25 grams silver 0.900 fine).
Valuation Regimes
- 1839-1851
- Metallic currency based on circulating silver coins (de facto also gold coins although not foreseen in the currency law).
Rate Arrangements
- 01.01.1839
- Metallic
- Franc: 4'500.00mg AG fine
- 200 Francs to the kilogram of 0.900 silver