World Coins - Silver & Bronze
Lot 3626 Session 11 (9.30am Thur 25 Nov) World Coins - Silver & Bronze
Estimate $400
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FRANCE, Napoleon III, five francs, 1868BB (KM.799.1), obverse overstamped 'SEDAN' on Napoleon's bust. Extremely fine and rare.
The overstamp of 'SEDAN' on Napoleon's bust was to express approbation for his defeat and humiliation of France during the Franco-Prussian War on September 2nd, 1870. The French emperor was taken prisoner with one hundred thousand of his soldiers at the Battle of Sedan. Due to this major victory, which also made the 'Second Reich' of Germany possible, September 2nd was declared 'Sedan Day' (Sedantag) and a German national holiday in 1871 and remained thus until 1919.
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