Author: Gerald E. Hart

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2015-08-04

Total Pages: 124

ISBN-13: 9781332110162

Excerpt from Catalogue of the Important Historical Collction of Coins and Medals Made by Gerald E. Hart, Esq. Mr. Gerald B. Hart has been to well known as Numismatist and historical Scholar that it seems almost superfluous to extol the Collection formed At his hands, yet one cannot help being struck with its singular appropriateness to the purpose for which it was gathered, viz: historical study. Hardly a piece in the series of Ancient Coin* can be cast aside as uninteresting or irrelevant to some event of the distant part. while the modern pieces arc particularly suggestive of a select Cabinet of valuable and rare specimens of historical importance and interest. Reverting to the Catalogue, tho attention of Collectors is called to the number of Gold Coins of value scattered throughout its pages. Greek Staters, gold Daries. Homan Aurei and Byzantine Solid). Medieval and Modern Coin of England. Scotland. France and other countries, are there in number, and in a condition which can scarcely be surpassed. These must prove one of the chief attractions of the sale, for fine Ancient And Modern Gold Coins have lately very much increased in the esteem of collectors, and specimens of this quality are always in groat demand. Nearly all the Greek Silver are choice specimens, generally purchased at the best New York Coin Sales, at which Mr. Hart has fur many jears been a generous bidder, for anything really illustrious; the drachm of Syracuse, signed by the great Greek Master Bvacnetns. and many of the Coins of these series are worthy to llguro in tho beat Cabinets; the Oxford Crown is one of the great rarities of the English Coinage, and no specimen has ever before been offered on this side of the water. The Judaean series have never been approached fur completeness on this Continent, and only important European Museums could duplicate the majority of the pieces. This Collection should be acquired, as a i whole, by some public institution, for educational purposes. 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.