Kavel 6600

5 Francs 1831 - silver Essai "Visit to Rouen Mint" (KM M20b, Maz.1168a (R2)) - Obv: Laureate head right / Rev: 6-line legend - NGC AU Details cleaned, an iconic emission from this beloved "mint visit" series well-known to collectors of 19th-century French issues, quite presentable in spite of the noted cleaning, with a peculiar hairline "crease" in the flan running horizontally across the obverse from the P in PHILIPPE to the A in FRANÇAIS