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Auction: 342 - The Numismatic Collector's Series Sale
Lot: 1117

Kingdom of Westphalia 1809. #65028. 100 Francs. 5% National Debt Sinking Fund for the Payment of War Taxes. Coat of arms at the top. Ornate border. With three separate sheets of coupons. First we have offered. Housed in a deluxe custom made folio. VF+. The Kingdom of Westphalia was a short lived historical state that existed in what is now Germany from 1807-1813. While technically independent it was ruled by Napoleon´s brother Jerome Bonaparte. The Kingdom was created in 1807 by merging territories ceded by Prussia. The Kingdom was required to supply troops and other financial support for the Napoleonic Wars. Large numbers of Westphalian troops perished in these campaigns. By October 1813 Russian troops had defeated the French and dissolved the Kingdom.

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