IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 256081 accession number: CM.1961-2003 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Monday 2 November 2020 updated: Thursday 7 December 2023 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: France, Louis XVIII (1814-24), AV 20 francs, 1815 R (London mint), 6.43 g. From CGF Monnaies sale 17 (31.12.2002), lot 1487. title: French 20 franc pieces were minted in London between 7 June and 6 November 1815, for the use of the British Army in the Waterloo campaign and its immediate aftermath. They were officially demonetised by the French government on 7 December 1815. NOTES ----- type: history note value: Under Review LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Coins and Medals STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/256081