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FRANCE:SET of two coins, both with satirical counterstamp SEDAN across bust of Napoleon III, the first on a France AE 10 centimes 1863-A, and the second on France AR franc 1867-K, average circulated condition, set of 2 coins. The countermark satirizes the defeat of the French army by the Prussians at Sedan - a small town near the border with Belgium. It was the crucial battle in the 1870-71 Franco-Prussian War and became a rallying cry for the French anti-monarchists. Emperor Napoleon III gave the order to raise a white flag at Sedan, formally surrendered to the Prussians the next day and was sent into exile in Germany. The battle was commemorated by many countermarks, engraved coins and satirical tokens that copied French 10 centimes.

Estimate: 100-150 USD