50 Franken - Johann I 200 Years of Sovereignty

In 1806, Napoleon's reorganization of central Europe through the Confederation of the Rhine dissolved the old Holy Roman Empire and, almost incidentally, elevated Liechtenstein from a mere imperial fief to a fully sovereign principality. Johann I, who had spent years navigating the Napoleonic court to secure this status, never actually visited his new sovereign territory — a detail that still quietly embarrasses official histories.