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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Eduard, post: 2577838, member: 8959&quot;]Strictly speaking coinage of this era belongs in World Coinage, so if it needs to be moved, please go ahead.</p><p>Also, I did not want to impolitely crowd other members threads with this. Thus, a new thread dedicated only to the coins of the Napoleonic Era.</p><p><br /></p><p>This momentous era in European history extended roughly from the end of the reign of the deposed king, Louis XVI, approximately the period between 1788 (he was executed on the 20th of January 1793), until Napoleon&#039;s defeat in the fields of Waterloo in 1815.</p><p>His influence in european history had of course a much more profound and lasting repercussion.</p><p><br /></p><p>It covers coinage issued by Louis XVI while he was King, as well as coins issued by the Revolutionary Government, the French National Convention, as well as those issued for Napoleon himself.</p><p>It covers issues not only struck for circulation in France, but also struck under his name or that of his relatives in France, Spain, the Germans states, Italy and other territories.</p><p><br /></p><p>If you have any issues associated with France or Napoleon for this era, please go ahead and post them!</p><p><br /></p><p>To get started, here is my only coin struck in the name of the deposed king:</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Louis XVI, France.</b> Louis d&#039;or, 1790-N (Montpellier).</p><p>Obv: Bare head left.</p><p>Reverse: Crown over two square shields.</p><p>Weak areas in striking.</p><p><br /></p><p>Note about this coin: a rare issue from the Montpellier mint, which closed during the Revolution. The years 1786-87 are common as the mints melted down and reminted old tenor gold, but the later dates (1788-92) are much scarcer. <i>Recorded mintage:</i> 9,683. Specification: 7.65 g, .917 fine gold, 22-23 mm diameter, designed by Benjamin Duvivier.</p><p>Catalog reference: KM 591.11, Fr. 475, Dr/4 no. 661, Dr/2 no. 605, Gad-361.</p><p><br /></p><p>This is apparently only the second known example of this date and mint.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]559044[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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