Coins, medals, and seals, ancient and modern. Illustrated and described. With a sketch of the history of coins and coinage, instructions for young collectors, tables of comparative rarity, price lists of English and American coins, medals and tokens, &c., &c
A numismatic handbook and collector's guide compiled by William Cowper Prime, published by Harper & Brothers in New York in 1861 for American amateur collectors. Wood-engraved plates show obverse and reverse pairs of coins, medals and seals in outline, with profile portraits, crowned shields, seated figures and circular inscriptions usable as roundels, monograms and border lettering.
