Watch List notes:

FRANCE, Premier République. Consulat. Napoléon Bonaparte. Premier Consul, 1799-1804. AV 20 Francs (21mm, 6.45 g, 6h). Paris mint; différents: signature/rooster. Pierre-Joseph Tiolier, engraver general. Ch.-Pierre de l'Espine, director. Dated L'An 12 A (AD 1803/4). VG 1020; KM 651; Friedberg 480. In NGC encapsulation graded MS 63. Choice fully lustrous brilliant uncirculated. A fantastic type coin and finest business strike we have ever seen. Only one graded higher in MS 64.


Purchased from M. Louis Teller, May 1977.