CNG 85, Lot: 1349. Estimate $200. Sold for $550. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

FRANCE, Premier Empire. Napoleon I. 1804-1814. AR 5 Francs (40mm, 24.91 g, 6h). Paris mint; Ch.-Pierre De l’Espine, mintmaster; Pierre-Joseph Tiolier, engraver. Dated 1812. Laureate head right; engraver’s mark below / Value in two lines across field; all within wreath; in exergue, mintmaster’s mark, date, and mintmark in exergue. VG 584; KM 694.1. EF, a few scratches.