Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 1526. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Monday, 10 January 2005.  Sold For $320. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

FRANCE, Second Republic. Napoleon III. As Louis Napoleon, President. 1848-1852. AR 5 Francs (- gm, 6h). Paris mint; Barre, engraver. Dated 1852. (dog's head right)LOUIS-NAPOLEON BONAPARTE(hand pointing right), bare head right; BARRE beneath head / REPUBLIQUE FRANCAISE, A in exergue, 5/FRANCS/1852 in three lines across field; all within wreath. VG 726; Davenport 94 KM 773.1. UNC, lightly toned, light hairlines. In PCGS slab, graded MS62. ($300)