The donated 1864 vintage 10 centime Napoleon III coins depict the profile of Charles Louis-Napoleon Bonaparte, aka Napoleon III (1808-1873), who ruled France from 1852 to 1870.

The 2 oz Napoleon bee silver coin doesn't feature the standard national symbols of France, the fleur-de-lis of the French monarchs or le coq gaulois, the French national symbol since Roman times ...

Belgium on Monday began minting 2.5-euro coins marking the 200th anniversary of Napoleon’s defeat at the Battle of Waterloo, after France forced it to scrap a two-euro coin of the same purpose.