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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;The Eidolon, post: 4495275, member: 102103&quot;]Day 54:&nbsp; Netherland East Indies, 1 Duit, 1809, Louis Napoleon</p><p><br /></p><p>Another Napoleonic Era coin!&nbsp; When France conquered the Netherlands, Napoleon needed someone he could trust on the throne, so he placed his little brother Louis in charge.&nbsp; Along with the Netherlands, France also gained control of Dutch colonial holdings, at least for a little while.&nbsp; The British invaded and conquered much of the Netherland East Indies in 1810-1811, giving them back to the Netherlands after Napoleon&#039;s defeat.</p><p><br /></p><p>Anyway, turns out Napoleon couldn&#039;t trust his brother after all.&nbsp; Louis Napoleon tried to build up independent popularity in the Netherlands separate from his French backing.&nbsp; Emperor Napoleon was more interested in cancelling much of French debt from Dutch merchants and having the region under direct military control.&nbsp; Louis resisted, and Napoleon forced him to abdicate.&nbsp; &quot;Brother, when they say of some king or other that he is good, it means that he has failed in his rule.&quot;</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1115194[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Bonus coin:&nbsp; 2 Stuiver copper &quot;bonk&quot; money, Netherland East Indies, 1810.</p><p><br /></p><p>These were emergency money cut from copper bars imported from Japan, due to the disruption in coinage supplies from Europe during the Napoleonic Wars.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1115198[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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