Watch List notes:

FRANCE, Le Gouvernement de la Défense Nationale. 1870-1871. AR 5 Francs (37mm, 25.01 g, 6h). Ceres type. Paris mint; différents: bee and anchor. Désiré-Albert Barre, engraver general. Renouard de Bussière, director. Dated 1870 A. VG 742; KM 818.1. In NGC encapsulation graded MS 64. Superb choice brilliant uncirculated with full luster and just a hint of patina. Claims to a higher grade. First year of a two year type.


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