FRANCE. 100 Franc, 1858-BB. NGC MS-62.
Fr-570; KM-786.2; Gad-1135. First year of issue for the type with a minuscule mintage of 4,173 coins. Housed in an older generation NGC holder. From early in the reign of Louis Napoleon, 1855 saw the end of the "Waterloo Coalition" as France and Britain fought side by side in the Crimean War ending half a century of French containment in the years after Napoleon Bonaparte. After a visit to London in April of 1855 by Napoleon III, a reciprocal visit was made to Paris by Queen Victoria, the first British monarch to set foot in Paris in many centuries. NGC MS-62.
Estimate: $2200.00- $2700.00