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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Cucumbor, post: 1797770, member: 4298&quot;]<img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/11724/0123-Consul_20Fs.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /><b>Bonaparte I° Consul - 20 francs or An 12 A </b></p><p>Atelier de Paris (A)</p><p>BONAPARTE PREMIER CONSUL, tête nue a gauche</p><p>REPUBLIQUE FRANCAISE, couronne de lauriers entourant 20 FRANCS en deux lignes. A l&#039;exergue . coq . AN 12. . A .</p><p>Tranche inscrite DIEU PROTEGE LA FRANCE</p><p>6.44 gr</p><p>Ref : Le Franc VIII # 510/2</p><p><br /></p><p>The revolution has ended, Bonaparte is soon becoming Napoleon I Empereur, as Octavian became Augustus (note the similarities on this portrait with those of Augustus on the &quot;bull butting&quot; denarii), but still unsure of what is going on. We see many contradictory messages for a laïque republic : a consul on obverse, a republic on reverse, a revolutionary calendar (An 12) and ... God save France on the edge...</p><p>Now you know why you find french people so romantic...</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Q[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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