Watch List notes:

China, Yunnan, 1/2 tael, struck in 1943-44 for the French Indo-Chinese opium trade, rare. KM-A1.2; L&M-434. 18.78 grams. Bright, lustrous AU with weak lower rim on reverse, surface hairlines and small rim bruise, small section of rust encrustation, better example of a historical coin series. ($300-450)