Napoleon I (1797-1814)
France. 5 Francs, 1806. Countermarked tigers's head with the intentional "blinding" of the portrait, are thought to refer to the execratio, or condemnation of Napoleon the Tiger in 1815, who was "caged" at St. Helena after Waterloo. Ag. 24,6 g R
Limoges
Fr. 304
VF+