Live auction - fmd_1095997 - Un centime Napoléon III, tête nue, satirique 1854 Marseille F.102/14 var.
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| Estimate : | 150 € |
| Price : | 105 € |
| Maximum bid : | 111 € |
| End of the sale : | 10 February 2026 16:58:43 |
| bidders : | 5 bidders |
Type : Un centime Napoléon III, tête nue, satirique
Date: 1854
Mint name / Town : Marseille
Quantity minted : ---
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 15 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 1,02 g.
Edge : lisse
Rarity : R2
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : NAPOLEON III EMPEREUR // (LEVRETTE) 1854 (MM).
Obverse description : Buste de Napoléon III à gauche, coiffé d'un casque à pointe, col regravé et signé BARRE au-dessous ; le tout dans un grènetis.
Reverse
Reverse legend : EMPIRE FRANÇAIS // * UN CENTIME *.
Reverse description : Aigle déployée, la tête à droite, reposant sur un foudre ; au-dessous la lettre d'atelier MA, le tout dans un grènetis.
Commentary
Les monnaies satiriques sur un petit module sont rares.
Satirical coins of a small denomination are rare
Satirical coins of a small denomination are rare
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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