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 176
led by the ideathat a curious piece of metal with an old date is highly valuable.Do hot buy coins because they are rare, but buy to complete yourseries. Make your collections slowly, cautiously, and enjoy yourwork as you go along with it. The tables which follow will prove of use to the young as… … ADVICE TO COLLECTORS. breviations on Greek and Roman Coins are the result of manyyears study by all the most learned numismatists. We havetaken them from Humphreys, as the latest and one of the mostcareful compilers. With the aid of these many coins can be atonce located, over which, without them,…
Numismatics · Medals · Seals (Numismatics)
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