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Napoleon Bonaparte, First Empire (1804-1814). Gold 20 Francs, 1806-A (Paris). Bare head left, Napoleon as Empereur. Rev. Value within wreath, date below (Fr 487a; KM 674.1; Gad 1023). In NGC holder graded AU 58. Value $500 - UP
This gold 20-franc piece of 1806 has advanced the Napoleonic imperial image a little further away from French Revolutionary ideals in its abandonment of the Revolutionary Era date below the wreath on the reverse. Now the date is expressed according to the Christian Era used by every other contemporary European state. However, the bare-headed portrait and the reverse legend naming the French Republic show that in 1806, not long after his crushing victory over Tsar Alexander I of Russia and the Holy Roman Emperor Francis II at Austerlitz (December 2, 1805), Napoleon was still very cautious about dropping all references to the French Revolutionary past.
Napoleon Bonaparte, First Empire (1804-1814). Gold 20 Francs, 1806-A (Paris). Bare head left, Napoleon as Empereur. Rev. Value within wreath, date below (Fr 487a; KM 674.1; Gad 1023). In NGC holder graded AU 58. Value $500 - UP
This gold 20-franc piece of 1806 has advanced the Napoleonic imperial image a little further away from French Revolutionary ideals in its abandonment of the Revolutionary Era date below the wreath on the reverse. Now the date is expressed according to the Christian Era used by every other contemporary European state. However, the bare-headed portrait and the reverse legend naming the French Republic show that in 1806, not long after his crushing victory over Tsar Alexander I of Russia and the Holy Roman Emperor Francis II at Austerlitz (December 2, 1805), Napoleon was still very cautious about dropping all references to the French Revolutionary past.