Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 1527. Estimate $750.  Closing Date: Monday, 10 January 2005.  Sold For $625. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

FRANCE, Second Empire. Napoleon III. 1852-1870. AV 50 Francs (- gm, 6h). Strasbourg mint; Barre, engraver. Dated 1866. NAPOLEON III EMPEREUR, laureate head right; + above BARRE beneath head / EMPIRE FRANCAISE, 50 FR across field, BB 1866 anchor in exergue, imperial coat-of-arms within Legion of Honor over crossed sceptres, surmounted by crown and mantle. VG 1112; Friedberg 583; KM 804.2. BU, much luster remaining. In PCGS slab, graded MS64. ($750)