NAPOLEON I EMPEREUR, bare head to right, MASSONNET. ÉDIT. below / NÉ 1769. CONSUL 1799. EMPEREUR 1804. MILAN, TURIN, LE CAIRE, ROME NAPLES, VIENNE, AMSTERDAM BERLIN, MADRID, LISBONNE, VARSOVIE, MOSCOU, CODE CIVIL 1804. ABDICATION 1814. ILE D'ELBE 1815. STE HELENE. MORT EN 1821 in twelve lines. Collignon 337. 43gr, 50mm, 12h.

Very Fine.

From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman, formed since the mid 1980s.

Napoléon I standing to left presenting himself to the people and the army represented by a soldier and a civilian who welcome him; RETOUR DE L'EMPEREUR MARS MDCCCXV. in exergue; DENON DIR. to left, ANDRIEU F. to right / Crowned eagle flying across the sea, clutching medal in beak; XXVI. FEVRIER MDCCCXV. BREN.F. and DEN.D. in exergue. Bramsen 1591. NGC graded MS 63 BN (#6355110-003).



From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman, formed since the mid 1980s.

This event marked the beginning of the 'Hundred Days', the period of the War of the Seventh Coalition, and concluded with the infamous Battle of Waterloo.

BONAPARTE PREMIER CONSUL DE LA RÉPUBLIQUE FRAN.SE, bare bust of Napoléon I to right; below scenery of the Battle of Marengo; MONTAGNY.F. below and BATAILLE DE MARENGO LE XXVI PRAIRIAL AN VIII• in three lines in exergue / Napoléon I on horseback to left crossing the Alps at the Great St. Bernard, MONTANGYxFxD'APRES ANDRIEU below and PASSAGE DE GD. ST. BERNARD LE XXV FLOREAL AN VIII. in three lines in exergue. Bramsen 33. 95gr, 59mm, 12h.

Extremely Fine.

From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman, formed since the mid 1980s.

NAPOLEONE IMPERATORE E RE, laureate head of Napoléon I to right, nine stars forming crown above, laurel branch and palm branch tied together below, broken wheel of Fortune to lower left / NON DI LUI MA DI CHI LO TRADI IMAGO, Prometheus chained to rock, vulture gnawing at his body; 1816 below. Cf. Bramsen 1785; cf. Julius 3580. 219gr, 77mm, 12h.

Extremely Fine.

From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman, formed since the mid 1980s.

Laureate head to left / Napoléon, in full regalia, standing to left before throne, holding the infant high over baptismal font, BAPTEME DU ROI DE ROME M. DCCC. XI.(date) in two lines in exergue, ANDRIEU FECIT to left. Cf. Bramsen 1126. 129gr, 67mm, 12h.

Good Extremely Fine.

From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman, formed since the mid 1980s.

SOUVENIR DU CENTENAIRE DE L'EMPEREUR NAPOLEON I, laureate head of Napoléon I to right; ❀1769=1869❀ below / Code Napoléon, placed on cushion with Legion of Honour, sabre and a bicorne hat, between laurel and oak branch; above, crowned eagle holding thunderbolt and branch in its talons. Colignon 1966; Bramsen 2100. 52gr, 50mm, 12h.

Very Fine. Graffiti on obverse, graffito '1908 1915' on reverse.

From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman, formed since the mid 1980s.

CAMBACERES SECOND CONSUL. BONAPARTE PREMIER CONSUL. LEBRUN TROISIEUME CONSUL., three busts to left, arranged vertically: Napoleon Bonaparte (top), Charles-François Lebrun (bottom left), and Jean-Jacques-Régis de Cambacérès (bottom right); JEUFFROY below / LE CORPS LÉGISLATIF AUX CONSULS DE LA RÉPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE. around, PAIX INTÉRIEURE, PAIX EXTÉRIEURE. in four lines; ARRÊTÉ DU 30 FLORÉAL AN X. 20 MAI M DCCC II. in three lines in exergue. Bramsen 218; Julius 1093. 142gr, 68mm, 12h.

Extremely Fine.

From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman, formed since the mid 1980s.

The Treaty of Amiens was signed between France and Britain, bringing a brief period of peace during the Napoleonic Wars. France regained its former colonies lost during the Revolution. The King of England renounced the title of King of France, which he had held since Edward III (1340).

HIST. DE LA REVOLUTION. DE L'EMPIRE DE LA RESTAURATION ET DE LA MON. DE 1830., laureate head to right; PUBLIÉ PAR POURRAT FRÈRES A PARIS. in two lines below / The arrival of Napoléon I's ashes at Les Invalides: Soldiers, bearing the coffin of Napoléon, mounting stairs to right to platform strewn with wreathes upon which stands France left, holding sceptre, garland, palm fronds and olive branch; behind, Genius stands facing, head to left, holding reversed torch, wreath, and tablet decorated with monogram of Napoleon and set on cippus decorated with winged hour glass; garlanded ground line below; in background to left, Hardouin-Mansart's Dome of Les Invalides, to right, the Belle Poule (the frigate that brought Napoléon's remains back from Saint Helena); above, Napoléon on eagle with radiance behind; MONTAGNY FECIT. below. Collignon 1233; Bramsen 1986. 78gr, 52mm, 12h.

Near Extremely Fine.

From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman, formed since the mid 1980s.

NAPOLEON EMPEREUR DES FRANÇAIS ROI D'ITALIE, bust to right, in military uniform; CAQUÉ. F. 1838 below / NÉ 1769. CONSUL 1799. EMPEREUR 1804. MILAN, TURIN, LE CAIRE, ROME, NAPLES, VIENNE, AMSTERDAM, BERLIN, MADRID, LISBONNE, VARSOVIE, MOSCOU. CODE CIVIL 1804. ABDICATION 1814. ILE D'ELBE 1815. STE HELENE. MORT EN 1821. in twelve lines. Bramsen 1975; Julius 3982. 63gr, 51mm, 12h.

Extremely Fine.

From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman, formed since the mid 1980s.

NAPOLEON EMPEREUR., laureate head to left; BORREL FT. 1841. beneath truncation / L'EXIL ABRÉGEA SES JOURS. above view of the island of Saint Helena, with a ship departing; PRISONNIER A STE. HÉLÈNE, LE 18 OCTOBRE 1815. IL MOURUT LE 5 MAI 1821. in four lines in exergue. 82gr, 51mm, 12h.

Extremely Fine.

From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman, formed since the mid 1980s.

LVDOVICVS★MAGNVS★REX★GALLIARVM★INVICTISSIMVS, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust to left (68th effigy by Michel Molart), MOLART★F★ below / COLVIT MAGIS OMNIBVS VNAM, facade of the Chateau of Versailles as seen from the rear gardens; VERSALLIAE •1•6•8•7• in two lines below. French Mint Catalog - VOL I -205-H/B451. 161gr, 71mm, 12h.

Good Very Fine. In original case.

From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman, formed since the mid 1980s.

LUDOVICUS • MAGNUS • REX • CHRISTIANISSIMUS •, bare head to right, R below / VRBIS • ORNAMEN • ET COMMODO ★, downstream view of the Pont Royal on the Seine with the towers of Notre-Dame in the background; PONS • AD • LVPARAM ANN • M•DC•LXXXV• MOLART•F• in three lines in exergue. French Mint General Catalog 204-B. 182gr, 72mm, 12h.

Extremely Fine.

From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman, formed since the mid 1980s.