Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 1523. Estimate $1500.  Closing Date: Monday, 10 January 2005.  Sold For $1600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

FRANCE, Consulate. Napoleon I, as First Consul. 1799-1804. AR 5 Francs (25.05 gm, 6h). Paris mint. Dated Revolutionary Year 12 (1803/4). BONAPARTE PREMIER CONSUL., bare head right; Tiolier (script) beneath head / REPUBLIQUE FRANCAISE., •(cock) . AN 12. •A•, 5/FRANCS in two lines across field; all within wreath. VG 577; Davenport 82; KM 659.1. Superb EF, brilliant surfaces, exceptional sharp strike. ($1500)