Watch List notes:

FRANCE, Premier Empire. Napoléon I. 1804-1814. AR Franc à la tête de nègre laurée (22mm, 4.96 g, 6h). La Rochelle mint; différents: signature/initial. Pierre-Joseph Tiolier, engraver general. J.G.F. Séguy, director. Dated 1808 H. VG 446; KM 682.5. In NGC encapsulation graded MS 62. Prooflike colorful luster and choice strike. A one year only type. This coin has claims to a higher grade. Only one graded higher in MS 63.


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