Watch List notes:

France, Second Empire, Napoleon III (1852-1870), gold Fifty Francs, 1867-BB, Strasbourg mint, laureate head right, BARRE below truncation for engraver Désiré-Albert Barre, NAPOLEON III EMPEREUR surrounding, rev. crowned coat of arms of the House of Bonaparte centre dividing denomination 50 FR, EMPIRE FRANCAIS above round, date and mintmark below, edge milled, 16.09g (KM 804.2; Fr.583; Gad 1112). A pleasing example with good residual mint lustre, graded by NGC as AU58.

NGC Certification 6380568-002

Calendar Year Mintage 20,437.

The French legend on the obverse translates as "Napoleon the Third, Emperor", and on the reverse as "French Empire".