Live auction - fwo_387996 - ITALY - KINGDOM OF ITALY - NAPOLEON I 1 Soldo 1807 Milan
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| Estimate : | 800 € |
| Price : | 400 € |
| Maximum bid : | 432 € |
| End of the sale : | 28 June 2016 18:07:32 |
| bidders : | 1 bidder |
Type : 1 Soldo
Date: 1807
Mint name / Town : Milan
Metal : copper
Diameter : 27,50 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 10,8 g.
Edge : décorée
Slab
PCGS : MS64
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie sous coque PCGS MS64BN
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : NAPOLEONE IMPERATORE E RE / 1807.
Obverse description : portrait à gauche.
Obverse translation : (Napoléon Empereur et Roi).
Reverse
Reverse legend : REGNO D’ITALIA / SOLDO / M.
Reverse description : Couronne de Fer.
Reverse translation : (Royaume d’Italie).
Commentary
Monnaie de qualité exceptionnelle, il s’agit du plus haut grade référencé chez PCGS à ce jour .
Historical background
ITALY - KINGDOM OF ITALY - NAPOLEON I
(1805-1814)
Napoleon I accepted the crown of Italy on March 17, 1805. After a triumphal entry into Milan on May 8, 1805, Joséphine and he were crowned on May 26 by Cardinal Caprara. As in Paris a few months earlier, Napoleon crowned himself by exclaiming: "God gave it to me, beware whoever touches it". This exclamation will become the motto of the Order of the Iron Crown (cf. TOKENS IV, pp.III-V). The Emperor appointed his son-in-law, Prince Eugène de Beauharnais, Viceroy of Italy and left Milan on June 10, 1805. He returned to Paris on August 1 to join the Boulogne camp. The fate of Italy is now linked to that of France for nine years. At the beginning of January 1814, the defection of Murat, and his alliance with the Austrians then with the English in order to keep his kingdom of Naples, caused Italy to lose. Prince Eugene, despite a heroic defense, cannot prevent the collapse of the kingdom after Mantua falls. On April 6, 1814, Napoleon abdicated..
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