The Five Franc Piece
Napoleon, anxious to make his issue of five franc pieces popular with his subjects, secretly places an order for one million francs in one of his coins, mixes this particular coin with a hun... Read allNapoleon, anxious to make his issue of five franc pieces popular with his subjects, secretly places an order for one million francs in one of his coins, mixes this particular coin with a hundred others, and passes them among those whom he thinks most worthy. One of the coins fall... Read allNapoleon, anxious to make his issue of five franc pieces popular with his subjects, secretly places an order for one million francs in one of his coins, mixes this particular coin with a hundred others, and passes them among those whom he thinks most worthy. One of the coins falling into the hands of Brigadier Jean Villiars, is handed down three generations to his des... Read all