Back From The Box Again # 6 (Id: US Large Cent And Satirical French Token)

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artdio Pillar of the Community 1844 Posts	Posted 04/16/2010 10:53 pm well folks, heres the last 2 for the night.... The Vampire coin speaks for itself, but I figured you would all enjoy this large cent with a very interesting Planchet split Report this Post to the Staff

Sap Moderator Australia 16810 Posts	Posted 04/17/2010 12:48 am The "Vampire Francais" medal is a satirical piece, issued to denigrate the former French emperor, Napoleon III. The Imperial Eagle found on French Empire (Empire Francais) coinage has been replaced with an owl, symbol of bad luck and death. In France, Napoleon III was blamed for losing the Franco-Prussian War, with the emperor himself and almost the entire French army surrendering to the Prussians after the Battle of Sedan. 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
artdio Pillar of the Community 1844 Posts	Posted 04/17/2010 06:15 am Thanks Sap, That one I kinda figured out..Any luck on the large cent? Report this Post to the Staff
StJoeBlues Pillar of the Community United States 573 Posts	Posted 04/17/2010 09:07 am Art - do a search for Sheldon large cent and start researching. Large cents have been categorized down to the every die pair. With some research, you might be able to tell the date of any that you found. I did this a couple weeks ago with a dateless large cent I was given about 30 years ago. It is stemless (it's missing the stems that point to the "U" in United and the second "A" in America). Using this and other die markers, I was able to determine that it's an 1802, Sheldon 231. Matt Report this Post to the Staff
artdio Pillar of the Community 1844 Posts	Posted 04/17/2010 10:41 am hey Matt, thanks much, the only thing I was told is that it was a Sheldon, and could be quite rare, but they would not elaborate on why...I was offered a few bucks by one of those guys as long as I did not mention the amount or his name... Think I will check this out further... Report this Post to the Staff
Spence Moderator United States 34397 Posts	Posted 05/31/2024 9:08 pm Adding tokencatalog link to the two known versions of the vampire token here. Interestingly, both of these show that owl resting on a nest of bones, so neither one is an exact match: https://tokencatalog.com/display_re...All+Listings "If you climb a good tree, you get a push." -----Ghanaian proverb "The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed." -----King Adz Report this Post to the Staff
HondoB Bedrock of the Community United States 25056 Posts	Posted 05/31/2024 10:38 pm Spence, I just added mine to tokencatalog: https://tokencatalog.com/token_reco...d_id=682884. Note that the other two listings there incorrectly state 30,000 prisoners, while it should be 80,000. There are nine of these tokens on the Numista exonumia site - search for France 1870 Sedan. Inordinately fascinated by bits of metal with strange markings and figures Report this Post to the Staff
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