fme_614909 - SECOND REPUBLIC Médaille, L’Union fait la force
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Price : 60.00 €
Type : Médaille, L’Union fait la force
Date: 1848
Mint name / Town : Paris
Metal : copper
Diameter : 25,50 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Engraver d'après Augustin Dupré
Weight : 8,15 g.
Edge : lisse
Puncheon : sans poinçon
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Jolie patine marron avec quelques marques d’usure sur les hauts reliefs. Présence de taches noires
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : L'UNION - FAIT - LA FORCE ; À L'EXERGUE 1848.
Obverse description : Hercule assis à droite sur sa léonté, sa massue à ses pieds brisant un faisceau.
Reverse
Reverse legend : REPUBLIQUE - FRANCAISE / LIBERTÉ/ ÉGALITÉ/ PROBITÉ/ FRATERNITÉ ; À L'EXERGUE 1848 .
Reverse description : Bonnet phrygien rayonnant au-dessus d'une légende en quatre lignes.
Commentary
Le droit a été directement inspiré par les Monnerons de 5, 2 et 1 Sols à l'Hercule gravés par Dupré pendant la Révolution. Au revers, le ternaire n'est pas encore bien défini puisque vient s'intercaler PROBITE dans la triade républicaine.
The obverse was directly inspired by the 5, 2 and 1 Sol Hercules coins engraved by Dupré during the Revolution. On the reverse, the ternary is not yet well defined since PROBITE is inserted into the republican triad.
The obverse was directly inspired by the 5, 2 and 1 Sol Hercules coins engraved by Dupré during the Revolution. On the reverse, the ternary is not yet well defined since PROBITE is inserted into the republican triad.
Historical background
SECOND REPUBLIC
(02/24/1848-12/2/1852)
Louis-Napoleon was elected on December 10, 1848 as the first President of the Second Republic. He did not have the right to run again in 1852. Louis-Napoleon decided to make a coup planned for December 2, 1851, the anniversary of the coronation of the Eagle and the commemoration of the Battle of Austerlitz. The coup is ratified by a plebiscite on December 21 with more than 7.5 million YES and only 640,000 NO. Victor Hugo went into exile on December 12. The following year, he will publish "Napoléon le Petit" which will earn Louis-Napoleon, who has become Napoleon III in the meantime, this famous sentence: "Napoleon le Petit by Victor le Grand".
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