Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 1528. Estimate $750.  Closing Date: Monday, 10 January 2005.  Sold For $650. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

FRANCE, Second Empire. Napoleon III. 1852-1870. AV 50 Francs (- gm, 6h). Paris mint; Barre, engraver. Dated 1867. NAPOLEON III EMPEREUR, laureate head right; bee above BARRE beneath head / EMPIRE FRANCAISE, 50 FR across field, A 1867 anchor in exergue, imperial coat-of-arms within Legion of Honor over crossed sceptres, surmounted by crown and mantle. VG 1112; Friedberg 582; KM 804.1. BU, light bagmarks, a lot of lustre. In PCGS slab, graded MS64. ($750)