Watch List notes:

FRANCE, Premier Empire. Napoléon I. 1804-1814. CU 5 Centimes (28mm, 6.84 g, 12h). Strasbourg mint; différents: signature and bundle of wheat. Pierre-Joseph Tiolier, engraver general. Jean-Georges Dubois, director. Dated 1808 BB. VG 127; KM 689. In NGC encapsulation graded MS 63 BN. Deep to moderate patina with hints of red. A few minor spots of darker patina. Only year struck and only mint. Highest ever graded by six grades.


Purchased from World-Wide Coins of California.