2 centimes napoleon 3 biography
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2 centimes napoleon 3 biography
E-auction 30-10255 - fmd_306372 - Deux centimes Napoléon III, tête nue 1853 Rouen F.107/2
Obverse
Obverse legend : (LEVRETTE) NAPOLEON III EMPEREUR (MM)// (MILLÉSIME).
Obverse description : Tête nue de Napoléon III à gauche ; signé BARRE au-dessous.
Reverse
Reverse legend : EMPIRE FRANÇAIS// * DEUX CENTIMES *.
Reverse description : Aigle debout de face sur un foudre, les ailes ouvertes, la tête tournée à droite ; au-dessous, la lettre d’atelier.
Historical background
SECOND EMPIRE
(02/12/1852-04/09/1870)
Proclaimed Emperor under the name of Napoleon III, Louis Napoleon made his solemn entry into Paris on December 2, 1852..
He married Eugénie Marie de Montijo, a Spanish aristocrat, in January 1853. His reign can be divided into three periods: the authoritarian Empire until 1860; the Liberal Empire from 1860 to 1870 then the Parliamentary Empire in 1870.
During the authoritarian Empire, Napoleon III exercised his power without sharing, controlled the press w