Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from LX Catalog of the Valuable Collection of Rare United States and Foreign Coins and Medals the Property of Hon. James H. Manning, Albany, New York: Embracing the U. S. Silver Dollar of 1804 and Other Dollars of 1794, 1836 Name Below Base, 1838, 1839, 1851, 1852 and 1858; Rare Half Dollars, With One of the Finest Known of 1801; Quarter Dollars of 1796 Proof, and 1806
As every recipient of a catalog as important as is this one will, of course, peruse it carefully, I hardly think it necessary to take up your time by here enumerating the various rarities and outstanding features of this sale. But we are all always interested in the one who is responsible for the pleasure we are afforded in the opportunity of partaking of a sale of this importance. I am therefore pleased to give here a brief sketch of Hon. James H. Manning, whose entire numismatic collection is cataloged in the following pages and which will be sold to the highest bidders. 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.
