Altered Napoléon III 5 centimes

[bagerap]

What a nice thing to find in a job lot of medals.

[malj1]

Scott lists many varieties of the SEDAN countermark, too numerous to mention.

This quote give the best description...
The countermark satirizes the defeat of the French army by the Prussians at Sedan - a small town near the border with Belgium. It was the crucial battle in the 1870-71 Franco-Prussian War and became a rallying cry for the French anti-monarchists. Emperor Napeoleon III gave the order to raise a white flag at Sedan, formally surrendered to the Prussians the next day and was sent into exile in Germany. The battle was commemorated by many countermarks, engraved coins and satirical tokens that copied French 10 centimes.
 
Source. his one sold for US$ 100.00 in similar if not worse condition.

[bagerap]

Thanks Malcolm.
Finding the unexpected always gives me a little fillip. Even more so when it's to all intents and purposes free.

Bob

[redwine]

Funnily enough I had a similar freebie 

[bagerap]

Yours is so, so much better.
P.S. Watch the post.

[redwine]

Yours is worth more though!!
And ooh I'm excited 

[malj1]

Noticed this one on Ebay...

Napoleon III Le Miserable.    Vampire Francais. 

[Figleaf]

Congratulations, gentlemen.

Many moons ago - I was a teenager - I noticed a small collection of these being sold by a small Amsterdam auction house, now disappeared. I liked them; they fit nicely in my collection of the strange and different. I reserved an amount for them. It went for a little bit more and I let it go. I stuck to my budget many times, but I have never been more sorry as I never had another opportunity to buy even a single of these great fun tokens and altered coins.

Peter

[davidrj]

These two medals say it all



Elected Emperor (really a Coup d'Etat) in 1852, and disgraced after his surrender at Sedan in 1870

David

[malj1]

Another almost related piece that has been on eBay for weeks. [a little expensive]

[davidrj]

Another almost related piece that has been on eBay for weeks. [a little expensive]

Yes, that one is one of the scarce variants, quite a few in the CGB archives

I rather like this one, a standard 1853 10 Centimes, but the Imperial Eagle's wings have been clipped



David

[malj1]

I like that too, illustrates his downfall quietly.

[redwine]

Picked this up today 
Hosted by an 1853A 10 centimes

[malj1]

An unmistakeable clear stamp on this one, nice. 

I just enlarged the coin in Reply #3 and I see his dog collar has a chain attached.

One of the latter has been for sale on eBay for months at a rather high price.

[redwine]

I hadn't noticed the dog collar!
Cool!