Live auction - fmd_578481 - Cinq centimes Napoléon III, tête nue, satirique 1856 Paris F.116/30 var.
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| Estimate : | 150 € |
| Price : | 110 € |
| Maximum bid : | 111 € |
| End of the sale : | 28 April 2020 17:29:58 |
| bidders : | 3 bidders |
Type : Cinq centimes Napoléon III, tête nue, satirique
Date: 1856
Mint name / Town : Paris
Quantity minted : 26.091.489
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 25 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 4,80 g.
Edge : lisse
Rarity : R2
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : NAPOLEON III EMPEREUR // (MILLÉSIME) ENCADRÉ DES DIFFÉRENTS.
Obverse description : Tête nue de Napoléon III à gauche, regravé en Eugénie, au-dessous BARRE ; le tout dans un grènetis.
Reverse
Reverse legend : EMPIRE FRANÇAIS // * CINQ CENTIMES *.
Reverse description : Aigle déployée, la tête à droite, reposant sur un foudre ; au-dessous la lettre d'atelier, le tout dans un grènetis.
Commentary
Représentation de Napoléon III en femme, probablement en son épouse Eugénie. Ce type de portrait est rare ! C’est la première fois que nous proposons un tel exemplaire à la vente ! .
A depiction of Napoleon III as a woman, probably as his wife Eugenie. This type of portrait is rare! This is the first time we've offered such a example for sale!
A depiction of Napoleon III as a woman, probably as his wife Eugenie. This type of portrait is rare! This is the first time we've offered such a example for sale!
Historical background
SATIRICAL COINS - 1870 WAR AND BATTLE OF SEDAN
During the war of 1870, the army of Châlons commanded by Mac-Mahon counted from August 15 the presence of Napoleon III and tried to come to the aid of Bazaine locked up in Metz with the army of the Rhine. On August 21, the army of Châlons leaves to join Mac-Mahon but this one is surrounded. Beaten several times, notably at Beaumont, the army was rejected and then surrounded at Sedan by the Prussian Generalissimo Moltke, despite the efforts of Commander Lambert who, wounded, fought with his porpoises until the last cartridge. On September 2, 1870, crushed by German artillery fire, Napoleon III and 83,000 soldiers of the French army surrendered to the King of Prussia. On September 3, Napoleon III and William I meet while Paris learns of the Emperor's defeat and captivity. Demonstrations burst out with cries of "forfeiture! forfeiture!". On September 4, Napoleon III is ousted while a government of national defense is set up.
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