Extremely Rare Napoleonic Gold Brockage

Sale: Triton XII, Lot: 944. Estimate $7500.  Closing Date: Monday, 5 January 2009.  Bidding Closed.

FRANCE, Second Empire. Napoleon III. 1852-1870. AV 10 Francs (3.21 g). Brockage error. Paris mint. Struck 1854-1855. NAPOLEON III EMPEREUR, head right / Incuse of obverse; (dog head right) BARRE (hand pointing right) below. Cf. VG 1013; cf. KM 784.1. EF, a few small marks. Extremely rare.