This year's coin pays tribute to the 200th anniversary of Napoleon Bonaparte's death. He was a famous French statesman, emperor, and above all, a revolutionary. This 1-ounce silver coin was struck in an edition of just 1,000 pieces. It features a famous painting of Napoleon that shows him in his famous hat and distinctive soldier's uniform.  "Impossible is a word that can only be found in the dictionary of fools." Napoleon Bonaparte Napoleon Bonaparte - French military commander and political leader, as Napoleon I emperor of the French and head of the First French Empire from 1804 to 1814 and in 1815, formerly First Consul of the French Republic 1799-1804, president (1802-1805) and then king of Italy (1805-1814), protector of the Union of the Rhine (1806-1813), and by extension de facto head of the Duchy of Warsaw. Considered the most outstanding military commander in history, and one of the most important figures in French and world history. The period of the Napoleonic Wars had an impact almost all over Europe.