Sale: CNG 75, Lot: 1240. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 23 May 2007.  Sold For $475. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

FRANCE, Premier République. Consulat. Napoléon Bonaparte. Premier Consul, 1799-1804. AV 40 Francs (12.86 g, 6h). Nicolas-Pierre Tiolier, engraver. Paris mint; Charles-Pierre de l’Espine, mintmaster. Dated AN 12A (1803/4). Head left; Tiolier below / Mark of value within wreath; cock to left, AN 12 and A in exergue. VG 1080; KM 652; Friedberg 479. VF.