Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Perigord, the mediator between Napoleon and the Confederacy had a major role to play in the Confederacy’s downfall. In a hope to reduce diminish war funding by reducing the currency in circulation, Talleyrand loaned 100,000 English Pounds for 2,53,000 francs i.e. for almost half the price given the then prevailing exchange rates. Talleyrand believed that once peace between the Confederacy and the Republicans was established, and when Reding came to power in a higher capacity, it would be easy to re-exchange the 100,000 English Pounds for the actual Pound-Franc exchange rate. Thus, doubling the amount of Francs in circulation. However, the current dearth of currency in circulation resulted in an extraordinary demand and people began demanding the restitution of the Francs in Pounds. This further soured relations between the Republicans and Confederates. Dolder, who was supposed to become Minister of Finance of the Confederacy when Reding came to power, sided with Vernanac, representative of Napoleon, and left Reding supportless, leading to his downfall. The Confederacy continued to clash with the Republicans till the Confederate State was established in 1848.