A beautiful mint piece.
The first vintage minting of this variety.
Obverse: in the pearl rim the head of the ruler in a laurel wreath, to the left, under it the signature BARRE, in the outer rim the legend:
NAPOLEON III EMPEREUR 1852;
Reverse: in the pearl rim the eagle of the Empire, below it the initial of the mint A, in the outer rim the legend:
EMPIRE FRANCAIS DIX CENTIMES;