Sale: Triton IX, Lot: 1893. Estimate $750.  Closing Date: Monday, 9 January 2006.  Sold For $750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

FRANCE. Second Empire. Napoleon III. 1852-1870. AV 100 Francs (32.26 g, 6h). Paris mint, Barre, engraver. Dated 1859A. NAPOLEON III EMPEREUR, bare head right, hand above BARRE below / EMPIRE FRANÇAIS, 100 FRs, crowned and mantled imperial coat-of-arms; A 1859 anchor below. Edge: (5 stars) DIEU (star) PROTEGE (star) LA (star) FRANCE. VG 1135; KM 786.1; Friedberg 569. EF, bag marks. ($750)

From the John F. Sullivan Collection.