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 (1861)
Prime, William Cowper, 1825-1905 · New York, Harper & brothers · leaf 172
BOOKS TO BE CONSULTED. ing it. The moment that the collector begins to value coinsbecause of their rarity, he descends in the scale of science;and when he seeks to possess rare coins merely because oftheir being rare, he becomes a speculator, envious, and uncom-fortable in the presence of others,…
Numismatics · Medals · Seals (Numismatics)
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