Watch List notes:

FRANCE, Premier Empire. Napoléon I. 1804-1814. AR 5 Francs (38mm, 24.94 g, 6h). Paris mint; différent: rooster. Pierre-Joseph Tiolier, engraver general. Ch.-Pierre de l'Espine, director. Dated L'An 12 A (AD 1804). VG 579; KM 660.1 (this coin illustrated, 6th edition). In NGC encapsulation graded MS 62. Choice brilliant uncirculated on a very rough planchet. Superb strike. Finest strike we have ever seen on this type.


Purchased from Richard Margolis, August 1973.