Watch List notes:

FRANCE, Premier Empire. Napoléon I. 1804-1814. AV Medal (28mm, 19.02 g, 12h). Visit of Maximilian Joseph and Karoline of Bavaria to the Mint. Paris mint. By Tiolier. Dated 5 February 1810. MAXIMILIEN JOSEPH., crowned coat-of-arms with crowned leonine supporters / L. L. M. M./ LE ROI ET LA REINE. DE BAVIERE/ VISITENT LA MONNAIE. IMPERIALE DE PARIS/ LE 5 FEVRIER/ 1810. Cf. Bramsen 939; Mazard 636; Adams III 2774 (this coin). Superb EF, lustrous, some hairlines. Extremely rare.


From the Jonathan P. Rosen Collection. Ex Heritage 3048 (11 August 2016), lot 32235 (hammer $25000); Dr. Lawrence A. Adams Collection (Part III, Triton XIX, 6 January 2016), lot 2774; Numismatica Genevensis SA IV (11 December 2006), lot 485.