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20 Euros Battle of Austerlitz
| Issuer | Monnaie de Paris |
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| Year | 2005 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse description | Napoleon Bonaparte is depicted from behind, viewed in three-quarter profile, as he gazes upon the silhouetted ranks of the Imperial Guard arrayed before him. Above the scene, the imperial eagle spreads its wings against a radiant sun — an allusion to the celebrated 'sun of Austerlitz.' The inscription RF 2005 LE SOLEIL D'AUSTERLITZ is incused in the field, combining the republican monogram with the commemorative legend. The composition is rendered in a pictorial, high-relief engraving style evoking early nineteenth-century historical painting. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Issued on the bicentennial of the December 1805 engagement, this coin marks what Napoleon himself considered his greatest tactical victory — a battle won in under nine hours against a numerically superior Austro-Russian force. The French treasury had been funding nearly continuous warfare since 1792, and gold commemoratives of this period reflect the paradox of an empire simultaneously glorifying military triumph while hemorrhaging bullion to pay for it.