Obverse description	Laureate portrait of Napoleon III facing left
Obverse script	Latin
Obverse lettering	* NAPOLEON III EMPEREUR BARRE (Translation: * NAPOLEON III EMPEROR BARRE)
Reverse description	Large central crown, value and date below
Reverse script	Latin
Reverse lettering	EMPIRE FRANÇAIS 50 CENT. 1865 A (Translation: FRENCH EMPIRE 50 CENT. 1865 A)
Edge	Reeded
Mint	A Monnaie de Paris, Paris (and Pessac starting 1973), France (864-date) BB Strasbourg, France (?-1870) K Bordeaux, France (?-1880)
Mintage	1864 A - KM# 814.1 - 7 597 756 1864 BB - KM# 814.2 - 4 625 849 1864 E - Essai - 1864 K - KM# 814.3 - 1 827 936 1865 A - Different bee halfway between the goatee and the point of the neck - 1865 A - KM# 814.1 - 7 397 612 1865 BB - KM# 814.2 - 5 174 945 1865 K - KM# 814.3 - 4 900 892 1866 A - KM# 814.1 - 5 921 157 1866 BB - KM# 814.2 - 5 255 966 1866 K - KM# 814.3 - 3 500 433 1867 A - Different bee halfway between the goatee and the point of the neck - 1867 A - KM# 814.1 - 14 528 438 1867 BB - Different trefoil cross midway between the goatee and the point of the neck - 1867 BB - KM# 814.2 - 1867 BB - Small BB mintmark - 1867 K - Different pick and hammer halfway between the goatee and the point of the neck - 1867 K - KM# 814.3 - 4 691 729 1868 A - KM# 814.1 - 2 788 512 1868 BB - Different trefoil cross midway between the goatee and the point of the neck - 1868 BB - KM# 814.2 - 1869 BB - KM# 814.2 - 1 800 000
Catalog ID	8175453890
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