Identification NEEDED - Set of 1838 Centimes - REP ET CANT DE GENEVE POST TENEBRAS LUX - Possibly Patterns 0

[Ty Gemberling]

Hello, I was hoping someone could help me identify this group of coins.  They were in a collection from a guy who collected from 1920-1930's in North Carolina.  He passed away a long time ago, and his writing on the envelopes is all I have.  Each coin is listed as a 1838 Geneva Pattern.  Below are the pictures of each piece.  1 centime, 2 centime, 5 centime, and then 2 - 10 centimes.  One is a thick planchet and the other is a thin.  So far what I have been able to find is that they are Canton of Geneva in the Swiss Confederation (1815-1848), REP ET CANT DE GENEVE POST TENEBRAS LUX.  I think.....

[Mr_Spud]

I don’t know, but I found this which might provide a clue in your search

https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces22858.html 

 

[gmarguli]

Not going to be much help other than confirm that they do appear to be pattern coins. Some are these listed in the Krause catalog, but not all. However, Krause is woefully bad when it comes to patterns. There probably is a catalog on Swiss coins where these are listed, but I don't know what it is. 

I couldn't find any sale records of them. Gut feeling is that they are probably work a couple hundred each. 

Contact Marcel Haberling (https://www.swisscoin.ch/) and he may be able to help. He's a reputable and very nice Swiss dealer. 

[Ty Gemberling]

Thank you Mr_Spud and gmarguli!

 

I will be reaching out to Marcel, and posting what I found out.