1818 W GOLD FRANCE 40 FRANCS NGC EXTRA FINE 45 KING LOUIS XVIII

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1818 W GOLD FRANCE 40 FRANCS NGC EXTRA FINE 45 KING LOUIS XVIII:
$725.00

GOLD FORTY FRANCS CERTIFIED BY NGC EXTRA FINE 45

OBV: PORTRAIT BUST OF LOUIS XVIII RIGHT; HORSEHEAD PRIVY MARK BELOW BUST TRUNCATION.

REV: CROWNED ARMS WREATHED; ARMS DIVIDES VALUE; DATE BELOW FLANKED BYLILLE MINT PRIVY MARKS.

KM # 713.6

DURING THE FRENCH REVOLUTION, LOUIS XVIII SPENT 23 YEARS IN EXILE FROM 1791-1814. HE WAS DEFACTO MONARCH AFTER THE DEATH OF HIS NEPHEW, LOUIS XVII (WHO DIED IN PRISON AND WAS THE SON OF LOUIS XVI WHOHAD PREVIOUSLY BEENEXECUTED).

AFTER COALITION FORCES ARRESTED NAPOLEON BONAPARTE IN 1814, THE MONARCHY WAS RESTORED BY THE ROYALISTS, AND LOUIS RETURNED TO FRANCE AS KING. THE RESTORED KING WAS A CONSTITUTIONAL MONARCH, BUT IT WOULD ONLY BE A YEAR BEFORE NAPOLEON ESCAPED HIS CONFINES ON THE ISLAND OFELBA TO RETURNAS EMPEROR AND LOUIS AGAIN FLED INTO EXILE.

THE HUNDRED DAYS OF NAPOLEON HAD BEGUN.

AS SOON AS IT BECAME KNOWN THAT NAPOLEON WAS ON HIS WAY TO PARIS, THE ALLIES AT THE CONGRESS OF VIENNA RALLIED TO MARSHAL THEIR FORCES. NAPOLEON AND HIS SMALL ARMY MET THE ALLIED FORCES, DURING THE WAR OF THE SEVENTH COALITION, AT WATERLOO IN BELGIUM,IN JUNE OF1815.

THE EMPERORWAS DEFEATED BY THE FORCES OF ARTHUR WELLESLEY, 1st DUKE OF WELLINGTON, AND THE PRUSSIAN GENERAL GEBHARDvon BLÜCHER. THIS BATTLE RESULTED IN THE FINAL DEFEAT OF NAPOLEON, HIS PERMANENT EXILE TO THE ISLE OF ST. HELENA OFF THE COAST OF AFRICA, AND THE SECOND RESTORATION OF THE BOURBON MONARCHY.

LOUIS XVIII REIGNED FOR ANOTHER 9 YEARS, LEAVING THE CROWN TO HIS BROTHER CHARLES UPON HIS DEATH.

CONTAINS 12.9039 GRAMS OF .900 FINE GOLD (.3734 OZ AGW)

26MM IN DIAMETER

353,000MINTED

LILLEMINT

OBVERSE PRIVY MARK OF NICHOLAS-PIERRE TIOLIER (ENGRAVER-GENERAL 1816-1817)

LILLEMINT PRIVY MARKS \"CADEUCEUS\" AND \"W\" ON REVERSE