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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Andy, post: 117595, member: 645&quot;]I have read since grade school that the Louisiana Purchase cost the United States $15 million. I have read here and there without ever checking references that Napoleon wanted only gold as payment. I have also read over time that the United States actually borrowed from British Banks to pay off Napoleon for we only came up with around 3 million. The interest rate was 6 percent that I often read. So if this is true that Napoleon wanted payment in gold to finance his military in anticipation of the coming conflict. Then does that mean British and American gold was melted down only to be reminted as Napoleon Gold French Francs? The answer I do not know but the question intrigues me with the possibilities of linkage. The history behind the minting of a coin can be as interesting as the coin for me.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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