Live auction - fmd_759617 - Essai de 10 centimes d’après Dupré 1870 Strasbourg VG.3773
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| Estimate : | 300 € |
| Price : | 235 € |
| Maximum bid : | 300 € |
| End of the sale : | 06 September 2022 18:04:12 |
| bidders : | 7 bidders |
Type : Essai de 10 centimes d’après Dupré
Date: 1870
Mint name / Town : Strasbourg
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 30 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 9,70 g.
Edge : lisse
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Légère trace de cassure et d’oxydation du coin au droit. Superbe exemplaire avec une jolie patine marron
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient de la vente MONNAIES XIV (31 Mai 2002), lot n°903, et de la Collection Benjamin JACOTIN
Obverse
Obverse legend : RÉPUBLIQUE - FRANÇAISE.
Obverse description : Buste drapé de la Liberté à gauche coiffée du bonnet phrygien.
Reverse
Reverse legend : (NIVEAU) LIBERTÉ (ÉTOILE RAYONNANTE) ÉGALITÉ (BONNET PHRYGIEN) FRATERNITÉ// 10/ CENTIMES/ 1870/ BB.
Reverse description : Légende circulaire.
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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