THE MUSÉE DU LOUVRE AND THE MONNAIE DE PARIS ARE LAUNCHING A COLLECTION OF NEW COINS TO MARK THE BICENTENARY OF THE DEATH OF NAPOLEON I

The Musée du Louvre joins the commemorations of the bicentenary of the death of Napoleon I (15 August 1769 - 5 May 1821) through a collection of coins launched by the Monnaie de Paris, featuring details of the famous painting by Jacques-Louis David, the Coronation of Emperor Napoleon I and the Coronation of Empress Josephine in the Cathedral of Notre-Dame in Paris, on 2 December 1804

The Monnaie de Paris commemorates the bicentenary of the death of Napoleon I with a collection of coins, medals and objets d'art that highlights the different aspects of his extraordinary destiny, and with an exhibition that traces the Emperor's role in the monetary history of France and the use he made of coins and medals.