fmd_608789 - Monnaie satirique Cu 32, module de dix centimes à la tête de cochon 1870 Schw.C6c p.353
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Price : 280.00 €
Type : Monnaie satirique Cu 32, module de dix centimes à la tête de cochon
Date: 1870
Quantity minted : ---
Metal : copper
Diameter : 32 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 10,58 g.
Edge : lisse
Rarity : R2
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : * DU PLUS GRAND DES EMPEREURS VOILÀ TOUT CE QU'IL RESTE !.
Obverse description : Tête laurée de Napoléon III à gauche sous les traits d'un cochon.
Reverse
Reverse legend : * VAMPIRE DE LA FRANCE * / PARIS 2 DEC. 1851 - SEDAN 2 SEPT. 1870.
Reverse description : Aigle napoléonien à tête de chouette sur un foudre.
Commentary
Frappe monnaie.
D’après l’ouvrage de Christian Schweyer “Histoire des Monnaies Satiriques”, il existe deux versions de revers pour cette médaille : avec point après “1870” et l’aile droite du hibou qui pointe vers le “T” de SEPT (C6b) ; sans point après 1870 et l’aile du hibou qui pointe vers le “E” (C6c). Il s’agit ici de la seconde version qualifiée de rare dans cet ouvrage.
Coin minting. According to Christian Schweyer's book “Histoire des Monnaies Satiriques”, there are two reverse versions for this medal: with a dot after “1870” and the right wing of the owl pointing to the “T” of SEPT (C6b); without a dot after 1870 and the wing of the owl pointing to the “E” (C6c). This is the second version described as rare in this work.
D’après l’ouvrage de Christian Schweyer “Histoire des Monnaies Satiriques”, il existe deux versions de revers pour cette médaille : avec point après “1870” et l’aile droite du hibou qui pointe vers le “T” de SEPT (C6b) ; sans point après 1870 et l’aile du hibou qui pointe vers le “E” (C6c). Il s’agit ici de la seconde version qualifiée de rare dans cet ouvrage.
Coin minting. According to Christian Schweyer's book “Histoire des Monnaies Satiriques”, there are two reverse versions for this medal: with a dot after “1870” and the right wing of the owl pointing to the “T” of SEPT (C6b); without a dot after 1870 and the wing of the owl pointing to the “E” (C6c). This is the second version described as rare in this work.
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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