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antwerpen2306 Pillar of the Community Belgium 1194 Posts	Posted 01/05/2014 06:13 am here the pics as promised. The coin 'celebrates' the defeat of NapolÃ©on in Sedan.For more details,see wikipedia : the battle of Sedan. Report this Post to the Staff

ASLAN TVorlon Pillar of the Community United States 1234 Posts	Posted 01/05/2014 06:31 am The Vampire of France... Find a goth kid with rich parents and cash it in for your retirement. (joking, keep it) I've got a Napoleon III 5 Centimes 1865... the note I have on my catalog says "Coin is worn thin and bent" but I might get a snap soon. Yours is a beautiful coin and just goes to illustrate the turbulent history of France and all of Europe during that time. I love the 'owl?' looks like an eagle to me, any chance of a side by side with the back of a pre 1999 quarter? Report this Post to the Staff
austrokiwi Pillar of the Community 2087 Posts	Posted 01/05/2014 06:52 am Ahhem! And on the other side am I reading it right? They called him Napoleon III the small. Report this Post to the Staff
antwerpen2306 Pillar of the Community Belgium 1194 Posts	Posted 01/05/2014 08:33 am yes , the structure of the coin is identical at a 1,5 or 10 centimes coins , on one side the head of NapolÃ©on with his typical beard and now a german helmet as prisonner of the Germans and the inscription : not having the courage to do at the head of my army , I deliver myself to my brother of Prussia , on the other side side a bird looking like an eagle but representing a vampire , who took all the resourses of the country as Nap.did during his reign.. Report this Post to the Staff
mvojnovic Pillar of the Community Serbia (Srbija) 576 Posts	Posted 01/05/2014 1:31 pm very nice coin ;) haven't seen one like this before My collection on Numista page: 7500 different coins and counting... https://en.numista.com/echanges/pro...hp?id=129798 Report this Post to the Staff
thq Pillar of the Community United States 3343 Posts	Posted 01/05/2014 2:46 pm That's a nice one. The only one I have is a 50 centimes stamped SEDAN. "Two minutes ago I would have sold my chances for a tired dime." Fred Astaire Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16810 Posts	Posted 01/05/2014 5:28 pm Quote: I love the 'owl?' looks like an eagle to me... ...on the other side side a bird looking like an eagle but representing a vampire , who took all the resourses of the country as Nap.did during his reign. The bird is an owl, standing in a similar stance to the way the eagle stands on regular French Imperial coins. In Western European tradition, the appearance of an owl is a bad omen, symbolizing death and ruin to come. From the Wikipedia page on owls: Quote: In France, Belgium and the Netherlands, where owls are divided into eared owls (fr. hiboux / d. oehoes) and earless owls (fr. chouettes/ d. bosuilen), the former are seen as symbols of wisdom while the latter are assigned the grimmer meaning. You'll note the owl on this medal has no ears. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis Report this Post to the Staff
maudry Pillar of the Community Luxembourg 588 Posts	Posted 01/11/2014 05:45 am Here's an example of a modified circulating coin. Sometimes the eagle on the reverse is transformed into an owl and the legend is also sometimes modified. Report this Post to the Staff
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