The Coinages of the World

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Excerpt from The Coinages of the World: Ancient and Modern To the antiquarian, coins are priceless memorials of the past. They form a genuine portion of that Flotsam and Jetsam of former days which he so loves to gather up. As he contemplates the precious relies, he recalls the national and social circumstances under Which they came into existence, he pictures to himself through What endless variety of hands these eoins must have passed, What changes in the world's eomlition they must have witnessed, what desolations they have survived. Such power of suggestion give, in his eyes, a peculiar value to coins and lead to the forming of those collections that are studied with such delight by men of kindred taste. 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.