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Dix centimes Napoléon III satirique

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Location France
Emperor Napoleon III (Napoléon III) (1852-1870)
Type Advertising medallions › Satirical medals
Year 1954
Value 10 Centimes (0.10)
Currency Franc (1795-1959)
Composition Bronze
Weight 9.48 g
Diameter 30 mm
Thickness 1.5 mm
Shape Round
Technique Milled, Engraved
Orientation Coin alignment ↑↓
Number
N#
565107

Obverse

Caricature of Napoleon III on the left.Automatically translated

Script: Latin

Lettering:
NAPOLEON III EMPEREUR
1854

Reverse

Imperial eagle.Automatically translated

Script: Latin

Lettering:
★ EMPIRE FRANÇAIS ★
D
DIX CENTIMES

Edge

Plain.

Mint

Mintmark of Lyon (D) Lyon, France (413-1858)

Comments

A very rare Swiss satirical coin, re-engraved with the effigy of James Fazy, Swiss politician and founder of the Geneva Radical Party. This is the example illustrated in Christian Schweyer's "Histoire des Monnaies satiriques", p.615.

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
1954 D

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