Excerpt from Catalogue of Gold, Silver, Copper, Brass, Bronze and Porcelain Coins and Medals: Composed of the Well Known Collections of Dr. Spiers and C. T. Ward, Jr., Besides Additions From 1877 to the Present Time; This Collection Is Composed of the Most Rare and Valuable Medals and Coins of All Nations Like all men who make some subject a specialty of their lives, Doctor Spiers is an enthusiast upon this subject of speci men coin collection, and, from having been so long engaged in it, has grown to be an unsurpassed expert. Thus we have surety that every coin mentioned in this catalogue is just as represented. They were not collected for sale or speculation. 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.