Watch List notes:

FRANCE, Premier Empire. Napoléon I. 1804-1814. AR Quart franc à la tête de nègre laurée (15mm, 1.26 g, 6h). Paris mint; différents: signature/rooster. Pierre-Joseph Tiolier, engraver general. Ch.-Pierre de l'Espine, director. Dated 1808 A. VG 349; KM 678.1. In NGC encapsulation graded MS 65 WINGS APPROVED. Beautiful toned gem prooflike BU with great color. Another gem and only coin of this date ever graded. Rare. Thought by the collector to be a proof.


Purchased from A. G. Van der Dussen, August 1971.