{"product_id":"1-franc-napoleon-ier-1803-ag-2","title":"⁣⁢Struck in Fine Silver - 2000 Years of French Monetary History - 1 Franc Napoleon I - 1803⁤⁣","description":"\u003cp data-gp-tth-0=\"2cc5d05\" data-gp-tth-2=\"2cc5d05\"\u003e⁣⁢\u003cstrong data-gp-tth-0=\"3cba7073\"\u003eStruck in Silver and Gilded with Fine Gold: \"1 Franc Napoleon Year XIV\u003c\/strong\u003e\"⁤⁣\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-gp-tth-0=\"addc8a6a\"\u003eOn 28 Thermidor Year III (August 15, 1795), the Convention made the Franc the new monetary unit of the Republic. Indeed, while the Franc has existed since 1360, other currencies served as units of account for the Monarchy over the centuries. As First Consul, Napoleon Bonaparte completed the regulation of the monetary system and coin production with the law of 7-17 Germinal Year XI (March 28 – April 7, 1803), which established the so-called \"Germinal\" Franc, defined as a 5-gram Silver coin containing 4.5 grams of pure Silver. By creating the Germinal Franc, Bonaparte also imposed new symbolism on French coins. On the obverse, he abandoned the allegorical figures of the early Republic in favor of his own portrait.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-gp-tth-0=\"54dde88a\"\u003eThe first coins, struck during Year XI and early Year XII, bear the inscription \"Bonaparte First Consul\" on the obverse and \"French Republic\" on the reverse. The edge inscription \"God Protect France\" indicates the end of the revolutionary era, which had been marked by a policy of dechristianization. The \"1 Franc Napoleon Year XIV\" celebrated by your strike in pure Silver and Gold testifies even more strongly to this shift between Revolution and Empire: while Napoleon is now designated as emperor on the coins, the mention of the Republic still appears on their reverse, as does their date of issue expressed in the revolutionary calendar. However, this disappeared very quickly, as France returned to the Gregorian calendar in January 1806. The final stage of this symbolic shift took place in 1809: the inscription \"French Republic\" disappeared from the reverse of the coins in favor of the mention \"French Empire,\" which would last until Napoleon's definitive fall in 1815.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-gp-tth-1=\"37b1689a\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBeyond these developments, the Gold of its early years of existence, the Germinal Franc created by Bonaparte demonstrated exceptional stability. It would thus endure for over a century, forming the reference monetary system for France.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"pieces-et-monnaies.com","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50502367117659,"sku":"3302530118","price":99.9,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0021\/7887\/5438\/files\/napo.webp?v=1760685496","url":"https:\/\/www.pieces-et-monnaies.com\/en-lu\/products\/1-franc-napoleon-ier-1803-ag-2","provider":"pieces-et-monnaies.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}