Live auction - fmd_422266 - Essai au module de 10 centimes, pigeons voyageurs 1870 Paris Fl.847
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| Estimate : | 500 € |
| Price : | no bid |
| Maximum bid : | no bid |
| End of the sale : | 13 June 2017 17:32:01 |
Type : Essai au module de 10 centimes, pigeons voyageurs
Date: 1870
Mint name / Town : Paris
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 30 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 10,81 g.
Edge : lisse
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Pièce avec la plus grande partie de son velours de frappe et la majeure partie de sa couleur d’origine ; petites taches noires au revers
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : * ARRIVÉE DES PIGEONS CORRESPONDANT PENDANT LE/ SIÈGE DE PARIS/ *1870-1871*.
Obverse description : Pigeon voyageur.
Reverse
Reverse legend : UN PIGEON / ARRIVE DE TOURS / ANNONÇANT / L’ARMÉE DE BRETAGNE / AVEC / CARRÉ-KÉRISOUËT / LE 6 8BRE 1870.
Reverse description : Sur sept lignes.
Historical background
GOUVERNEMENT DE LA DÉFENSE NATIONALE
(4/09/1870-13/02/1871)
The Republic was proclaimed on September 4, 1870 with the forfeiture of Napoleon III and his dynasty. A National Defense government is set up, chaired by General Trochu, Governor of Paris and made up of moderate Republicans. The war continues and intensifies while the government takes refuge in Paris besieged by the Prussians. A delegation withdrew to Tours. Gambetta joined it in a balloon on October 2, 1870. But this resistance remained in vain and extended the misery, notably provoking popular movements in Paris in October. In January 1871, the National Defense government had to accept Bismarck's conditions. Paris capitulates, a National Assembly is elected to ratify the peace treaty, the armistice is signed. Elections were held on February 8 and brought to power a majority of conservative notables who met for the first time in Bordeaux on February 13, 1871. The government of National Defense then gave him his powers..
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