France
Siege of Antwerp (1814), Louis XVIII,
pattern (?) 5 Centimes, bronze, thick flan (2.7mm), 20.73g, 31.5mm, 1814, Arsenal, 2 L, signature on ribbon J. L G. N, dot after 1814, rev. dot (lozenge) after CENT, no dot after OBSIDIONALE, plain edge, coin alignment (cf Colaert 28a; cf F.115E; cf Gad.131b ; cf Vanhoudt 910),
with a label on edge indicating collector's number, remains of original colour, small spots of verdigris, very light hairlines, extremely fine.
PROVENANCE: with an envelope mentionning Bows, 10 October 1982, Boston August 1982.
Collection W & W