Watch List notes:

*French Cochin-China, essai 50 cents, 1879 A, Paris Mint, in silver, Liberty seated left, date below in exergue, Barre beside, rev., value within wreath, 'ESSAI' and 'A' and anchor mint marks below, edge milled (KM 6; Lec. 24), attractive light tone with darker areas near peripheries, tiny blemish at shoulder and very light hairlines in fields, virtually as struck, lustrous and rare (2500 - 3000)