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Netherlands: Napoléon Bonaparte on St. Helena

Netherlands: Napoléon Bonaparte on St. HelenaNetherlands: Napoléon Bonaparte on St. Helena
Netherlands: Napoléon Bonaparte on St. HelenaNetherlands: Napoléon Bonaparte on St. Helena
Form: Circular
By: D & A.A. (?)
Date: c1815
Ref:  Laidlaw: 0466;
Variations:
SizeMetalMassValue
27.1 mmGilded Bronze6.2 gm$30
27 mmSilvered Bronze$30

Edge: Diagonal reeded.

Obverse: Beaded border round the rim. Napoleon in uniform with bicorne hat seated on a small rockin the middle of the ocean, right arm extended. Ships in the background. In exergue in Dutch: “WAAR ZAL IK ONTKOMEN (where will I flee)”.

Reverse: Beaded border round the rim. Across: “BONAPARTE OP ST. HELENA”. Signed: “D & A.A.” at foot.

Notes: References: Bramsen 1713; d'Essling-1644.

St. Helena is a small island in the South Atlantic 2000 km west of Southern Africa. After Napoléon's defeat at the the Battle of Waterloo, he was taken to the island in October 1815 where he resided as a captive in Longwood House until his death on 5 May 1821.