Show Shrewd Napoleon It Is asserted by the Industrielle Echa a reputable German paper that thousands thou-sands of 5franc pieces are split into two halves by their French owners every year in the hopes of discovering an I immense hidden treasure This treasure according to the legend firmly believed in France Is an order to pay the holder 100000 francs in silver 5franc coins When Napoleon Bonaparte first set the 5frinc pieces in circulation the conservative conserv-ative mind of the French revolted against the numismatic revolution notwithstanding notwithstand-ing Its zeal for political revolution and it was very difficult to induce a Frenchman French-man to receive or proffer the new coin Hence according to the story Napoleon gave it to be understood that he had ordered or-dered a check for 100000 francs written upon asbestos paper to be concealed In one of the new silver pieces From that day to this nobody has objected to the 5franc piece r |