Watch List notes:

France, Carolingian. Charles the Bald. A.D. 840-877. AR denier (20.01 mm, 1.55 g, 7 h). Blois mint, Struck A.D. 864. + GRATIΛ D -- I REX, monogram of Charles the Bald within dotted circle / + BLIOSIΛNIS CΛSTRΟ, short cross within dotted circle. MEC 856; D 160. good VF, original toning.