Watch List notes:

FRANCE, Second Empire. Napoléon III. 1852-1870. AV Essai de 5 Francs (38mm, 37.44 g, 6h). Paris mint. Dies by Bouvet. Dated 1853. NAPOLEON III PAR LA GRÂCE DE DIEU ET LA VOLONTÉ NATIONALE, bare head left / EMPERUER DES FRANÇAIS, crowned and mantled coat-of-arms over scepters crossed in saltire; F F flanking; 1853 below. Cf. Guilloteau 3326 (for type in silver); Mazard 1635c; cf. KM PnA90 (same). Choice EF, lustrous, hairlines.


From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams. Ex Spink-Taisei 11 (5 September 1991), lot 576; Schweizerischer Bankverein 17 (27 January 1987), lot 982; Palace Collections of Egypt (King Farouk – Sotheby's, 24 February 1954), lot 583.