Coins and Historical Medals

France, Napoleon III, Pattern 5 Dollars/25 Francs, 1867, in gold, by A.D. Barré, laureate bust left, no legend, rev. or essai monetaire above value, date below, edge grained (Mazard 1745; VG 3703; KM. E 29). A few surface marks and hairlines, otherwise about as struck, extremely rare [slabbed PCGS SP 62+] £14,000-16,000