Baldwin & Sons
Auction 94 6 May 2015
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WORLD COINS, FRANCE, Napoleon I (1804-1814), Satirical Silver 5-Francs, 1810-A, Paris, obv owl's head countermark, struck during the 100-Days (Gad 584 for host). Host coin good fine, countermark extremely fine, an interesting piece.
"Several Napoleonic coins were overstruck with what present-day numismatists generally call an "owl's head". This was thought to be a product of modern fantasy applied to the coins a century or so after the Napoleonic period. Forty-seven specimens have been collected. These show beyond any doubt that this was no late fantasy but rather a mark of execratio made in 1815 which referred to napoleon the Tiger (now confined in a cage)". J B Forestier, F de Callatay, Revue Numismatique 2006, vol. 6 pp. 343-358
Estimate: £300-350.
"Several Napoleonic coins were overstruck with what present-day numismatists generally call an "owl's head". This was thought to be a product of modern fantasy applied to the coins a century or so after the Napoleonic period. Forty-seven specimens have been collected. These show beyond any doubt that this was no late fantasy but rather a mark of execratio made in 1815 which referred to napoleon the Tiger (now confined in a cage)". J B Forestier, F de Callatay, Revue Numismatique 2006, vol. 6 pp. 343-358
Estimate: £300-350.