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Message:: [QUOTE="The Eidolon, post: 26690574, member: 102103"]Got this recently from a local shop.  I'd heard of the "Sedan" satirical carvings mocking Napoleon III's loss to the German Confederation, but this is the first I've seen onewith the "Prussian helmet" type carving.[ATTACH=full]1703117[/ATTACH]I think the "1870" date is just punched in for the year of the battle.  The original date is obscured, but the <a href="https://en.numista.com/320" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.numista.com/320" rel="nofollow">W mint mark</a> (Lille) I believe was minted 1853-1857. I wonder if the coin was carved contemporaneously to the battle, or later.The base coins are quite cheap, so if the carved ones were popular, there may have been a cottage industry carving them even much later. Here's a 2 Francs I got earlier protesting the defeat with punched lettering:[ATTACH=full]1703118[/ATTACH] And here's an 1807 5 Francs from someone who didn't care for the first Napoleon:[ATTACH=full]1703119[/ATTACH] Finally here's my only coin issued by Sedan, a double tournois of 1634-38.It's a bit worn, but it was a 25 cent junk bin find from many years ago![ATTACH=full]1703120[/ATTACH]Please feel free to post any Napoleon or Sedan related coinage![/QUOTE]