Watch List notes:

FRANCE, Premier Empire. Napoléon I. 1804-1814. Proof AV 20 Francs (21mm, 6.46 g, 6h). Cent Jours (Hundred Days) issue. Paris mint; différents: signature/rooster. Pierre-Joseph Tiolier, engraver general. Ch.-Pierre de l'Espine, director. Dated 1815 A. VG 1025a; KM 705.1; cf. Friedberg 522 (for business strike). In NGC encapsulation graded PF 65 Cameo WINGS APPROVED. The grade tells it all. Just overwhelmingly superb. One of the rarest coins in the French segment of the collection at hand. It needs no further words.


Ex Mortimer Hammel Collection (Stack's, 15 September 1982) lot 78.