Watch List notes:

FRANCE, Premier Empire. Napoléon I. 1804-1814. AV 20 Francs (21mm, 6.47 g, 6h). Paris mint; différents: signature/rooster. Pierre-Joseph Tiolier, engraver general. Ch.-Pierre de l'Espine, director. Dated L'An 12 A (AD 1804). VG 1021; KM 661; Friedberg 487. In NGC encapsulation graded MS 62. Prooflike UNC. A great type coin and only two graded higher in MS 63 and 64.


Purchased from Pasadena Coins (Henri and Richard Heller), January 1972.