Talk:Napoléon (coin)

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Relevance[edit]

As the last coins related to the Napoleon were issued in 1914 what is the relevance of the statement "During the occupation of France by Germany in World War II, some French coins were made at the United States Mint in Philadelphia."? Many Wikipedia articles seem to carry unrelated references to the US. Tiddy (talk) 02:39, 14 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I have removed the above irrelevant remark about the US mint. Tiddy (talk) 03:16, 5 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

According to my calculations, 90% of 6.45 g is 5.805 g, not 5.801 g. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 217.140.96.21 (talk) 11:14, 24 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Some of the sections begin with rhetorical questions. Maybe this should be edited to make the article more encyclopedic? Lephantome (talk) 02:25, 12 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Emperor & Republic[edit]

First of all they're not exclusive to each other, but i think that was addressed.
Second, Caesar was not emperor of Rome, the first emperor was his successor, Octavius, aka Augustus
Emperor, comes from Imperator, it only means one who makes orders, it doesnt inherently mean something like "king", so it doesnt affect whether it can be a republic or not.

veritas te liberabit (talk) 22:56, 18 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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I have an interest in "Napoleons" - the coins - and have read widely on the subject.

I found this article to be a useful and accurate summary of the subject. I have one small criticism: the opening suggests that "Napoleons" - the coins - are any French gold coin issued between 1803 and 1914. My understanding is that the name "Napoleon" specifically refers to the 20-franc coin. Sometimes I have read of the 40-franc as a "Double-Napoleon". I have never heard the 5, 10, 50, nor 100-franc coins referred to as Napoleons. I have seen references to 20-franc coins issued in the reign of Louis XVIII as "Louis d'Or" - but that is clearly wrong. The Louis d'Or was a pre-revolutionary coin, and a distinctly different weight to Napoleons. A further point, the earliest "Napoleon" bears the date "An XI" - Year eleven of the revolutionary calendar. However, there was an earlier gold coin, issued in An IX (year nine) - I do not have access to a photo that I control the copyright of, so I will describe it: obv: helmeted bust, letters A.L. below; L’ITALIE DELIVREE A MARENGO rev: 20 FRANCS; L’AN 9; LIBERTE EGALITE; ERIDANIA; the style of the coin is strikingly similar to the familiar Napoleons. Curiously, I have noted that Italian collectors call a "Napoleon" coin a "Marengo", and I suspect it is because they regard this coin of An IX as the true start of the series. Note also the similarities between the French silver 5-francs of An XI, and the Subalpine 5-francs of An X (year ten). Pmthomas (talk) 10:30, 1 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

This is a link to the Merengo coin [1] — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.127.161.246 (talk) 14:24, 17 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Substituted at 21:53, 26 June 2016 (UTC)

Mintage[edit]

Where are we actually finding the mintage (number of coins minted). I don't see any reference that shows this.98.208.197.12 (talk) 12:50, 19 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]