Live auction - fmd_1010289 - Monnaie satirique 20 centimes Napoléon III avec casque à pointe 1866 Paris F.149/4 var.
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| Estimate : | 150 € |
| Price : | 80 € |
| Maximum bid : | 80 € |
| End of the sale : | 13 May 2025 17:10:17 |
| bidders : | 1 bidder |
Type : Monnaie satirique 20 centimes Napoléon III avec casque à pointe
Date: 1866
Mint name / Town : Paris
Quantity minted : -
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 835 ‰
Diameter : 15 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 1,03 g.
Edge : cannelée
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie nettoyée, surmontée d’une bélière
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : (MM) NAPOLEON III - EMPEREUR (ANCRE).
Obverse description : Tête laurée de Napoléon III à gauche portant un casque à pointe, et au col regravé ; signé BARRE au-dessous.
Reverse
Reverse legend : EMPIRE FRANCAIS// 20 CENT./ 1866/ A.
Reverse description : Couronne impériale.
Commentary
Très rare monnaie satirique sur un flan de 20 Centimes en argent : c’est seulement la seconde fois que nous proposons un tel exemplaire à la vente.
Very rare satirical coin on a silver 20 Centimes flan: this is only the second time we have offered such a example for sale.
Very rare satirical coin on a silver 20 Centimes flan: this is only the second time we have 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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