Silver (900), France, Second Empire, obverse. Portrait of Napoleon III, Emperor of the French, facing left; inscribed around the edge: NAPLEON III. EMPEREUR;…

Silver (900), France, Second Empire, obverse. Portrait of Napoleon III, Emperor of the French, facing left; inscribed around the edge: NAPLEON III. EMPEREUR; below the neck, the mint mark BARRE; reverse: coat of arms, face value 5 francs, inscribed around the edge: EMPIRE FRANCAISE, year of minting 1867, A, the inscription “SEDAN” struck over the Emperor’s face; following the Emperor’s surrender at the Battle of Sedan to the Prussians (1870), disgruntled patriotic Frenchmen immediately b

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