Stack's Bowers & Ponterio
November 2015 Baltimore Auction - Sess. A-C 5-6 November 2015
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FRANCE. 20 Franc, 1813-W. Lille Mint. NGC MS-65.
Fr-512; KM-695.10; Gad-1025. The single finest graded and in all likelihood the finest extant. One has to wonder if Napoleon's disastrous Russian campaign the year before this coin was struck led some shrewd denizen of Lille, sensing impending disaster, to set this coin aside the instant they received it. Struck from fresh dies and with roaring bright luster, this GEM BRILLIANT UNCIRCULATED coin has full credentials to match the assigned grade. Razor sharp details and virtually no breaks in the luster conspire to create a coin of the highest quality and desirability. A piece that should draw considerable attention as it crosses the auction block. NGC MS-65.
Estimate: $2500.00- $3500.00
Fr-512; KM-695.10; Gad-1025. The single finest graded and in all likelihood the finest extant. One has to wonder if Napoleon's disastrous Russian campaign the year before this coin was struck led some shrewd denizen of Lille, sensing impending disaster, to set this coin aside the instant they received it. Struck from fresh dies and with roaring bright luster, this GEM BRILLIANT UNCIRCULATED coin has full credentials to match the assigned grade. Razor sharp details and virtually no breaks in the luster conspire to create a coin of the highest quality and desirability. A piece that should draw considerable attention as it crosses the auction block. NGC MS-65.
Estimate: $2500.00- $3500.00