Prince-Bishopric of Geneva (1154-1534), Republic of Geneva (1534-1798, 1813-1815), Republic and Canton of Geneva (1815-present)
State of the Holy Roman Empire (1154-1648), Associate of the Swiss Confederacy (1526-1798, 1813-1815), Canton of Switzerland (1815-present)
Location: Western Switzerland
Capital City: Geneva
Government type: Ecclesiastical Monarchy (1154-1534), Oligarchic Republic (1534-1798, 1813-1815), Swiss Canton (1815-present)
Main languages: French, Franco-Provencal
Main religions: Protestant Christianity
Note: From 1032 to 1401, there was also a County of Geneva, but this is a separate state from the predecessor to the modern Swiss Canton)
Chronology
1154: Bishopric granted Imperial Immediacy
1526: Geneva becomes an associate of the Swiss Confederation
1534: Geneva adopts Protestantism, Bishopric replaced with Republic
1648: Leaves the Holy Roman Empire along with Switzerland and the other Swiss associates
1798: Annexed into France
1813: Independence restored
1815: Joins Switzerland as a full Canton of the Confederation
Currency
Denier (1154-1535)
1 Denier = 2 Obols
First Thaler (1535-1794)
1 Thaler = 3 Dicken = 96 Soles = 384 Quarts = 1152 Deniers
Genevoise (1794)
1 Genevoise = 10 Decimes
Second Thaler (1795-1798, 1813-1838)
1 Thaler = 153 Soles = 1836 Deniers
Franc (1838-1848)
1 Franc = 100 Centimes
Coins from Geneva in the collection
•1 Sol, 1825 (billon, KM#120)