Classical Numismatic Group > Electronic Auction 559 | Auction date: 3 April 2024 |
Lot number: 833 Price realized: Unsold | Show similar lots on CoinArchives Find similar lots in upcoming auctions on |
Lot description: FRANCE, Second Empire. Napoléon III. 1852-1870. Altered CU 10 Centimes (30mm, 8.92 g, 6h). Napoléon's Humiliation at Sedan. Made circa 1870. 1854 D 10 Centimes, altered to depict Napoléon in an amalgam of a Prussian pickelhaube and a knit peasant's cap, with long beard and pipe and cavalry spur at neck (the spur engraved around a hole). Collignon, Guerre p. 56 note. Brown surfaces, holed. Near Fine. Ex J. Eric Engstrom Collection (Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 503, 3 November 2021), lot 650. Estimate: 75 USD |