v14_0886 - Essai 2 francs 1874 Bruxelles VG.3761
MONNAIES 14 (2002)
Starting price : 840.00 €
Estimate : 1 145.00 €
Realised price : 840.00 €
Number of bids : 1
Maximum bid : 900.00 €
Starting price : 840.00 €
Estimate : 1 145.00 €
Realised price : 840.00 €
Number of bids : 1
Maximum bid : 900.00 €
Type : Essai 2 francs
Date: 1874
Mint name / Town : Bruxelles
Metal : silver
Diameter : 27 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 10,01 g.
Edge : cannelée
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire aux listels coupants. une patine grise recouvre le droit tandis que le revers est sur flan miroir. Très beau portrait
Obverse
Obverse legend : NAPOLEON IV - EMPEREUR// ESSAI.
Obverse description : Tête nue de Napoléon IV à gauche ; au-dessous, signé C. de F..
Reverse
Reverse legend : EMPIRE - FRANCAIS// 2 - F// (PÉTONCLE) 1874 (LIS).
Reverse description : Écu orné d'un aigle posé sur un foudre, entouré du collier de la Légion d'Honneur, posé sur un manteau brochant un sceptre et une main de justice.
Historical background
NAPOLEON IV
(1856-1879)
Napoleon, the son of Emperor Napoleon III and Eugénie de Montijo, was born on March 16, 1856. In 1870, he followed his mother into exile in England. When his father died in 1873, he became the head of the imperial family. He followed an English military training and participated in the Zululand campaign where he died on June 1, 1879.
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