1816 FRANCE NAPOLEON II SILVER PATTERN 2 FRANCS ESSAI PCGS SPECIMEN-63

Description: YOU ARE BIDDING ON 1816 FRANCE NAPOLEON II SILVER PATTERN 2 FRANCS ESSAI PCGS SPECIMEN-63Rare essai struck in 1860 at Brussels Mint. Maz-638. Possessing enchanting iridescence and a SCARCE nature, this fantasy issue, struck during the reign of Napoleon III, imagines a coinage for the son (aged 5 years) of Napoleon Bonaparte, who was the disputed Emperor of the French for a few weeks in 1815 following his father's capture and subsequent exile. In 1815, the child who was then in Austria would never see his title officially proclaimed by the Assembly and the commission. L'Aiglon, as his supporters call him, definitively ousted a few weeks later when Louis XVIII enters Paris, will finally obtain only from his grandfather, the emperor of Austria, the title of duke of Reichstadt (city in which he will never go). He died in Schönbrunn of tuberculosis, at the young age of 21, without having been able to return to France.

Price: 1999.99 USD

Location: La Mirada, California

End Time: 2023-11-30T18:42:48.000Z

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