Catalogue Of Ancient And Modern Coins Medals Paper Money Documents Old Newspapers Weapons Egyptian Greek And Roman Antiques Etc

Excerpt from Catalogue of Ancient and Modern Coins, Medals, Paper Money, Documents, Old Newspapers, Weapons, Egyptian, Greek and Roman Antiques, Etc: To Be Sold Monday, January 17th, 1910 The well diversified collection of interesting historical coins, medals, old newspapers and antiques, described in this catalogue should interest several classes of collectors. They are the prop orties of several collectors. The coins represent an important unbroken line. From 500 B. C. To date, with numerous examples from Ancient Greece, Egypt, Rome and Persia. These include authentic pieces, some with portraits, of Marc Antony, Brutus, Julius Caesar, Nero, Ferdi nand and Isabella, Elizabeth, the Napoleon family and other historical celebrities. Added is a fine lot of European and American Coins, gold, sil ver and copper coins. The collection 01 medals includes a large and varied lot issued to Abraham Lincoln, dating from 1860, with a variety of por traits, quaint mo'ttoes and inscriptions. The file of old newspapers, for 1758, gives valuable accounts of important battles of the French and Indian War, especially referring to the operations against Ticonderoga, Louisburg, Crown Point and Fort Duquesne. There is a considerable variety of Egyptian scarabs and idols and Roman and Greece antiquities, dating from B. C. To 400 A. D. Added to the above are some lots of paper money, old docu ments and weapons. 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.