Watch List notes:

FRANCE, Premier Empire. Napoléon I. 1804-1814. AR Demi franc à la tête de nègre laurée (18mm, 2.50 g, 6h). Paris mint; différents: signature/rooster. Pierre-Joseph Tiolier, engraver general. Ch.-Pierre de l'Espine, director. Dated 1808 A. VG 398; KM 680.1. In NGC encapsulation graded MS 65 WINGS APPROVED. Gem toned very lustrous uncirculated. Very satiny surfaces. Highest graded for the date and only one for the type.


Purchased from A. H. Baldwin & Sons, September 1966.