NATIONAL DEFENSE GOVERNMENT 1870 - 1871 - Lot 481

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NATIONAL DEFENSE GOVERNMENT 1870 - 1871 - Lot 481
NATIONAL DEFENSE GOVERNMENT 1870 - 1871 Spherical balloon with basket between two flags. R/. Value between two branches. Underneath, workshop letter and date. Smooth edge. ♦ VG 3780; Gad 260 Trial (without E) 10 Centimes de cuivre au ballon 1870 Paris (8.94 g). Rare. Superb. On the night of October 7-8, 1870, Léon Gambetta, Minister of the Interior, fled Paris by balloon to Tours to lead the resistance in the provinces against the invaders. The only way to escape the surveillance of Prussian troops was by air....This coin commemorates this event.
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