Obverse description	Naked head of Napoleon III on the left; signed BARRE below.
Obverse script	Latin
Obverse lettering	NAPOLEON III EMPEREUR BARRE
Reverse description	In a crown formed by two laurel branches.
Reverse script	Latin
Reverse lettering	EMPIRE FRANÇAIS 50 CENT. 1859 A
Edge	Reeded
Mint	A Monnaie de Paris, Paris (and Pessac starting 1973), France (864-date) BB Strasbourg, France (?-1870) D Lyon, France (?-1858)
Mintage	1853 A - KM# 794.1 - 194 547 1854 A - KM# 794.1 - 1 038 981 1855 A - KM# 794.1 - 400 107 1856 A - (fr) F. 187/5 - KM# 794.1 - petits différents - 1856 A - KM# 794.1 - 1 435 755 1856 BB - KM# 794.2 - 1 195 282 1856 D - KM# 794.3 - 1 245 303 1857 A - KM# 794.1 - 1 631 261 1858 A - KM# 794.1 - 5 556 511 1859 A - KM# 794.1 - 3 879 041 1859 BB - KM# 794.2 - 1 111 975 1860 A - (fr) F. 187/12 - KM# 794.1 - 1860/50 - 2 656 824 1860 A - KM# 794.1 - 1860 BB - (fr) F. 187/14 - KM# 794.2 - 1860/50 - 2 916 472 1860 BB - KM# 794.2 - 1861 BB - KM# 794.2 - 355 000 1862 A - KM# 794.1 - 1 549 468 1862 BB - KM# 794.2 - 1 007 000 1863 BB - KM# 794.2 - 137 011
Catalog ID	1183205590
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