fwo_676253 - SWITZERLAND - PRINCIPALITY OF NEUCHÂTEL - ALEXANDRE BERTHIER 1 Creut(zer) (Kreuzer) 1808
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Type : 1 Creut(zer) (Kreuzer)
Date: 1808
Metal : billon
Diameter : 18 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 1,06 g.
Edge : lisse
Coments on the condition:
monnaie légèrement nettoyée
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Obverse
Obverse legend : ALEXANDRE : PR & - DUC DE NEUCHAT.
Obverse description : écusson chevronné à l'aigle sur azur cerné d'une suite d'aiglons et N entre deux perlés ovalisés surmonté d'une couronne ducale.
Reverse
Reverse legend : PRINCIPAUTE - DE NEUCHATL. / 1808 // I / CREUT..
Reverse description : légende circulaire ; entre deux branches de chêne et d'olivier.
Historical background
SWITZERLAND - PRINCIPALITY OF NEUCHÂTEL - ALEXANDRE BERTHIER
(03/30/1806 - 04/11/1814)
The principality of Neuchâtel in Switzerland belonged to the King of Prussia. In 1806, it was given to Marshal Berthier as a reward for his dedication by imperial decree. Pierre-Alexandre Berthier was born in Versailles in 1753. Major of the National Guard at Versailles in 1789, he became Chief of Staff in Italy and then in Egypt. Minister of War to the First Consul, he became Marshal of the Empire the day after his coronation in charge of the Grand Army and the execution of imperial orders. After 1814, the Treaty of Paris provides for the independence of the Swiss cantons including Neuchâtel.
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