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Bank of France: Napoleonic founding to the Second Empire (1800–1870)

Bank of France: Napoleonic founding to the Second Empire (1800–1870)

  1. Banque de France founded under the Consulate

    Labels: Banque de, Napoleon Bonaparte
  2. Governance reorganized after the 1805 crisis

    Labels: Banque de, governance reform
  3. Imperial decree authorizes provincial discount offices

    Labels: Banque de, provincial comptoirs
  4. First provincial branches opened at Lyon and Rouen

    Labels: Lyon branch, Rouen branch
  5. Bank’s issuing privilege extended by the 1840 law

    Labels: Banque de, French Parliament
  6. Revolution of 1848 triggers forced currency and legal tender

    Labels: Revolution of, forced currency
  7. Legal-tender status for banknotes lifted after crisis

    Labels: Banque de, legal tender
  8. Discount-rate actions used to manage Second Empire crises

    Labels: Banque de, discount rate
  9. Banknotes regain legal-tender status during the 1870 war crisis

    Labels: Franco-Prussian War, legal tender