Napoleon

ナポレオン／ napoleon　—　People & places

A French soldier and emperor.

Napoléon (20-franc gold coin) — A photograph of the real thing this term names.

Napoleon I 20 Francs Gold Coin, 1810 (Musée Carnavalet) — A photograph of the real thing this term names.

⚠ After a revolution that failed with paper money, he steered towards the strict definition of metallic standards. These standards became the yardstick for Europe for the next hundred years.

Related terms

assignat Germinal franc

Courses where this term appears

B02 Materials C03 The Man Who Put His Face on the Coin

Where this word appears

Overview: 2,700 years of the world　The machine and the revolution　Paris
Overview: 2,700 years of the world　France　The Germinal Franc
Portugal　The earthquake and paper (4)　The high road to Lisbon
Portugal　The century of the real (1)　Departure from the mouth of the Tagus
France　The paper they printed too much of　The window of a money-changer, Paris
France　The silver franc and the dream of Europe　The occupied German states
France　The banker king and the age of credit　A money-changer's, Paris
France　Reparations — becoming a paying country　The public-loan subscription office, Paris

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