Watch List notes:

FRANCE, Premier Empire. Napoléon I. 1804-1814. BI 10 Centimes (18mm, 1.82 g, 6h). Paris mint; différents: signature/rooster. Pierre-Joseph Tiolier, engraver general. Ch.-Pierre de l'Espine, director. Dated 1808 A. VG 190; KM 676.1. In NGC encapsulation graded MS 65. Very light even gray toning. A beautiful specimen of this short lived type. Only one graded higher in MS 66.


Purchased from M. Louis Teller, June 1974.