World Silver & Bronze Coins
Lot 2726 SESSION 12 (9.30AM THURSDAY 27TH JULY) World Silver & Bronze Coins
Estimate $200
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SOLD $300
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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