NAPOLEON I 1804 - 1814 - Lot 431

NAPOLEON I 1804 - 1814 On the silver heart, an eagle displayed to the right within a beaded cord. Below, a bee. R/. REPUB. FRANC. (Tr signature) 1806. In the center, 10 CENT. within a beaded cordon. Smooth edge. ♦ VG.1503 Bimetallic test of 10 Centimes 1806 Paris. Center crushed. T.B. This test was produced at the request of Finance Minister Gaudin to create a new currency to replace the royal and revolutionary coins. Martin Michel Charles Gaudin, Duc de Gaète, was born on January 16, 1756 in Saint-Denis near Paris, and died on November 5, 1841 in the Château de Gennevilliers. He was a French politician who began his political career during the Revolution, before becoming Minister of Finance under the Consulate and Empire between 1799 and 1814.