Sale: Triton IX, Lot: 1894. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Monday, 9 January 2006.  Sold For $600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

FRANCE. Second Empire. Napoleon III. 1852-1870. AV 100 Francs (32.20 g, 6h). Paris mint, Barre, engraver. Dated 1869A. NAPOLEON III EMPEREUR, laureate head right, bee above BARRE below / EMPIRE FRANÇAIS, 100 FRs, crowned and mantled imperial coat-of-arms; A 1869 anchor below. Edge: (5 stars) DIEU (star) PROTEGE (star) LA (star) FRANCE. VG 1136; KM 802.1; Friedberg 580. EF, nick in obverse field. ($500)

From the John F. Sullivan Collection.