Token - Birth of Napoleon IV
Features
| Location |
France
 |
|---|---|
| Emperor |
Napoleon III (Napoléon III) (1852-1870)
|
| Type | Personality medals › Birth medals |
| Year | 1856 |
| Composition | Copper |
| Diameter | 15 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Technique | Milled |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
| Number | N# 160655 |
| References | Collignon# 1750 Jean-Pierre Collignon, Patrice Cahart; 1989. La Médaille française au XIXe siècle et l'histoire = The French Medal in the 19th century and history. Musées de Charleville-Mézières, Charleville-Mézières, France. Françoise Page-Divo, Jean-Paul Divo; 2001. Médailles de Napoléon III: catalogue des principales médailles historiques émises sous la Présidence de Louis Napoléon Bonaparte et sous le règne de Napoléon III = Medals of Napoleon III. Hess-Divo, Zürich, Switzerland. |
Commemorative issue
June 14, 1856 Birth of the future Napoleon IV
Obverse
Bust in jugate of the emperor Napoleon III and his wife the empress Eugenie .
Script: Latin
Lettering: CAQUÉ
Engraver: Armand Auguste Caqué
Reverse
Bust of their son, future Napoleon IV
Script: Latin
Lettering: 14 JUIN 1856
Edge
Plain
Comments
There is a silver version, also 15 mm.
These tokens were certainly struck to commemorate the baptism of their son Napoleon IV and distributed to the crowd during the celebrations.
These tokens were certainly struck to commemorate the baptism of their son Napoleon IV and distributed to the crowd during the celebrations.
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
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| 1856 | (fr) en cuivre rouge | ||||||||||||||
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