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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;bart, post: 198445, member: 5580&quot;]On your coin is the inscription CINQ CENTIMES (or 5 centimes). The letters BB mean the coin has been made at the Strasbourg Mint.</p><p>It is a very common coin, but historically interesting, as it shows emperor Napoleon III with bare head. After 1861 he is depicted with a laureled head, as being a Roman emperor.</p><p>Napoleon III was the son of one of Napoleon Bonaparte&#039;s brothers, Louis , who was king of Holland during the First Empire. He became the first directly elected president of France during the Second Republic. After overthrowing the government in 1852, he seized full power and proclaimed the Second Empire. He reigned until his defeat against the Prussians in 1870.</p><p><br /></p><p>Your coin is minted in bronze, not brass.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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