Live auction - fwo_989512 - SWITZERLAND - PRINCIPALITY OF NEUCHÂTEL - ALEXANDRE BERTHIER Essai en étain de 5 francs 181- Paris
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Live starting : Type : Essai en étain de 5 francs
Date: 181-
Mint name / Town : Paris
Metal : tin
Diameter : 37 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 24,85 g.
Edge : lisse, “CLICHE” inscrit deux fois
Rarity : R3
Predigree :
Collection d’un descendant du Comte Jacques Defermon (1752-1831) ministre d'État et directeur des finances de 1808 à 1815
Obverse
Obverse legend : ALEXANDRE PRINCE DE NEUCHATEL..
Obverse description : Buste à droite d’Alexandre Berthier, au-dessous signature DROZ F..
Reverse
Reverse legend : PRINCIPAUTE - DE NEUCHATEL..
Reverse description : Couronne formée de deux branches d’olivier sous une couronne, au centre en deux lignes 5/ FRANCS ; à l’exergue 181.
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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