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20 Euros Austerlitz
| Issuer | Monnaie de Paris |
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| Year | 2025 |
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| Currency | Euro (2002-date) |
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| Reverse description | The reverse presents a richly detailed commemorative scene evoking the Battle of Austerlitz of 2 December 1805. In the left foreground, two prominent busts rendered in high relief depict two of the opposing commanders — likely Tsar Alexander I and Emperor Francis II of Austria — shown in military uniform against a massed formation of soldiers with bayonets in the middle ground. To the right, the solitary full-length figure of Napoleon Bonaparte stands surveying the battlefield, his characteristic bicorne hat clearly visible, set against dramatic rays of sunlight breaking through the upper field — a reference to the celebrated 'Sun of Austerlitz'. The composition is layered and cinematic, combining portraiture with narrative battle scene in a style characteristic of contemporary Monnaie de Paris commemorative issues. A small mint mark appears in the lower right exergue area. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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Issued to mark the 220th anniversary of the Battle of Austerlitz, fought on December 2, 1805 — Napoleon's tactical masterstroke in which he feigned weakness on his right flank to lure the Austro-Russian coalition into overextending, then shattered their center at the Pratzen Heights. The French lost roughly 1,300 killed against combined enemy losses exceeding 35,000 killed, wounded, or captured. It effectively ended the War of the Third Coalition and led directly to the dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire within months.
The 3.11 g specification places this squarely in the quarter-troy-ounce format the Monnaie de Paris has standardized for its smaller gold commemorative runs.