Catalogue Of Coins Medals Tokens Etc Including Rare Ancient And Modern Coins And Medals American Colonial And Continental Coins A Collection Of Washington Coins Medals And Tokens Many Very Scarce

Excerpt from Catalogue of Coins, Medals, Tokens, Etc., Including Rare, Ancient and Modern Coins and Medals, American, Colonial and Continental Coins; A Collection of Washington Coins, Medals and Tokens, Many Very Scarce: To Be Sold at Auction Friday, April 12, 1907 Persons interested in historical subjects, even though they take no particular interest in Numismatics, will find much to interest them in the following Catalogue, made up of consignments which have been sent to us by various collectors. Medals and coins are almost indestructible historical records, outlasting all books and manuscripts. To coins alone we are indebted for many pages of history that would otherwise be blank, and for authentic portraits of some of the most noted characters in history of which there is no other record. In this sale special mention should be made of the massive ancient Roman as, the earliest and most remarkable of all Roman coins. This specimen weighs nearly ten ounces. Silver and copper coins of Alexander the Great, Julius Caesar, Marc Antony, Brutus; Nero, and various other rulers down to Napoleon, are represented; also a variety of the early gold, silver and copper coins and paper money of the United States, as well as scarce American Colonial pieces. Especial mention should be made of the collection of coins, medals and tokens struck in honor of George Washington, which includes rare old medals by Twigg, Manley, Wyon, West wood and Eccleston; a silver medal worn in the funeral procession, and the very rare silver medal struck in 1808 by the Benevolent Society of New York. The Lincoln collection is varied, and includes scarce and inter esting pieces. Recent inquiry has developed the fact that the coin dealers throughout the country have practically no Lincoln medals in stock; nor can they get any, the subject and demand being seemingly equally great. Lincolniana of all kinds will surely enhance in value and have a special interest at this time in view of the proximity of the centennial of Lincoln's birth. The group of coins, medals and tokens of the Napoleon family also will be found interesting. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.