Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Catalogue of a Large and Important Public Sale of Weapons, Rare Coins, Medals, Paper Money, Curiosities, Jewelry, Gems, Etc: Including Several Hundred Different Pistols, Important Collections of Napoleonic Medals, Military Medals, Ancient Modern Coins in Gold, Silver and Copper, U. S. Greenback and Fractional Currency, Babylonian Seals and Clay Tablets, Egyptian Scarabs
It pleases me to present in this catalogue the Best Collection of Antique Pistols and Weapons that has ever been offered in my sales. The Lot In eludes several hundred. Distinct varieties of Weapons, with many Rare or Scarce.
Besides the weapons, the sale contains an unusually interesting lot of Old and Rare Coins, Medals, Tokens, Paper Money, Postage Stamps, Jewelry, Gems, Curiosities, Etc.
The Coins include special issues, such as the broad Five Ducat Gol-d piece of Frederick III, of Denmark, Gold Coins of the Balk-an States, a Remarkable Collection of over 100 Different Original Medals -of Napoleon Bonaparte, With many in silver; Rare F'or'eign Silver Crowns and Double Crowns, Choice Foreign Copper Coins, Rare Military Medals of the American Revolution, Mexican, Civil and Spanish - American Wars, a Silver Pres-iden tial life-saving Medal, Rare American Gold Coins, With a Three Dollar Piece of the Dahlonega Min-t, a Confederate States Cent, and an attractive lot of Colonial, United States and Confederate Paper Money, Broken Bank Bills, Babylonian Seals and Tablets, Egyptian Scarabs, Miniature Books, and other objects. In fact, the sale contains something of interest to almost all classes of collectors, and the catalogue will repay a careful examination.
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