Live auction - fjt_1011260 - GREAT-BRITAIN - GEORGE III Jeton satirique anglais, Napoléon à l’Île d’Elbe 1814
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Live starting : Type : Jeton satirique anglais, Napoléon à l’Île d’Elbe
Date: 1814
Metal : silver plated copper
Diameter : 25 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 4,48 g.
Edge : Lisse
Puncheon : sans poinçon
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Patine hétérogène avec quelques tâches d’oxydation. Petite usure. Faiblesse de frappe au revers. L’argenture est encore bien présente
Obverse
Obverse legend : INSEPARABLE FRIENDS ; À L’EXERGUE TO ELBA.
Obverse description : Napoléon assis à l’envers sur un âne, mené par le Diable à l’aide d’une corde attachée au cou de l’empereur déchu.
Obverse translation : (Amis inséparables d’Elbe).
Reverse
Reverse legend : WE CONQUOUR TO SET FREE / MARCH 31. 1814 // EMP. / OF RUSSIA / K. OF PRUSSIA / MARQUIS / WELLINGTON / PRINCE / SCHWARTZEN-/BERG.
Reverse description : Légende en 8 lignes.
Historical background
GREAT-BRITAIN - GEORGE III
(1760-1820)
George III (1738-1820) succeeded his grandfather in 1760 and reigned for sixty years. On this type of coinage, George is King of England, France and Ireland and Duke of Brunswick Lüneburg, without forgetting..... Defender of the Faith.
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