Watch List notes:

FRANCE, Premier Empire. Napoléon I. 1804-1814. AR Franc (22mm, 5.05 g, 6h). Paris mint; différents: signature/rooster. Pierre-Joseph Tiolier, engraver general. Ch.-Pierre de l'Espine, director. Dated L'An 13 A (AD 1804/5). VG 443; KM 656.1. In NGC encapsulation graded MS 64. Very beautiful colorful patina grace very lustrous choice surfaces. Highest ever graded for the date and tied for type.


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