FRANCE Silver 5 Francs Pattern 1815 Napoleon I ( PCGS PROOF-63+) 2021 ANA Auction Sold $ 60,000

Rare Silver Coins g., Silver oz. ASW Subject: The Hundred Days Obv: Laureate head right Obv. Legend: NAPOLEON EMPEREUR Rev: Denomination within wreath Mint: Paris 1815A - 473,000 The return of Napoleon to Paris on 20 March 1815 from his eleven-month exile on the island of Elba marked the beginning of the Hundred Days Was, also known as the War of the Seventh Coalition, and the second restoration of King Louis XVIII on 8 July 1815. Seven days prior to Napoleon’s return to Paris the Congress of Vienna declared him an outlaw. On the 25 March, the key members of the Seventh Coalition, Austria, Prussia, Russia and the United Kingdom each committed 150,000 men to end Napoleon’s conquest and rule. The stage was set for the defeat of Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo, the last conflict of the Napoleonic Wars, the second restoration of the French Monarchy and Napoleon