fwo_714206 - GERMANY - KINGDOM OF WESTPHALIA - JÉRÔME NAPOLÉON 20 Centimes 1812 Cassel
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Type : 20 Centimes
Date: 1812
Mint name / Town : Cassel
Quantity minted : -
Metal : billon
Diameter : 24 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 4,24 g.
Edge : lisse
Obverse
Obverse legend : HN.
Obverse description : couronné en monogramme.
Reverse
Reverse legend : HIERONYMUS NAPOLEON KOEN. // 20 / CENT. / C // 1810.
Reverse description : légende circulaire.
Historical background
GERMANY - KINGDOM OF WESTPHALIA - JÉRÔME NAPOLÉON
(8/12/1807-26/12/1813)
Jérôme, Napoleon's younger brother, was born on November 15, 1784. The kingdom of Westphalia was tailor-made for him with the remains of Hanover, Brunswick and Hesse-Cassel. On August 22, 1807, Jérôme married Catherine of Württemberg then was named King of Westphalia on December 8, 1807. In 1813, after Leipzig, Jérôme had to abandon his States, which were dismembered. After the Battle of Waterloo, he lived in exile until 1848. Under the Second Empire, Marshal of France, he was President of the Senate and Governor of the Invalides before dying in 1860.
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