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ILE DE FRANCE ET BONAPARTE: Napoleon I, as Emperor, 1804-1814, AR 10 livres, 1810, NGC XF45. CAC

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ILE DE FRANCE ET BONAPARTE: Napoleon I, as Emperor, 1804-1814, AR 10 livres, 1810, NGC XF45. CAC
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ILE DE FRANCE ET BONAPARTE: Napoleon I, as Emperor, 1804-1814, AR 10 livres, 1810, KM-1, Dav-37, Gad-14, Napoleonic eagle under imperial crown // denomination within laurel wreath, typically weakly struck centers, lightly toned with notes of purple and orange, NGC graded XF45. WINGS, RR, ex Louis Baptiste DuPont Collection. Issued by Charles Decaen, Governor General of Pondicherry and Isle de France (now Mauritius) et Île Bonaparte (now Réunion) using silver ingots plundered from the Dutch ship Ouvidor by the French corsair Entreprenant. Dies were cut by local engraver Aveline in 1810 and the coins are almost always weakly struck at the centers. Most of the issue was melted by the British after they captured the island later that same year.