Excerpt from Catalogue of Coins and Medals, Ancient and Modern: From the Collection of James L. Hill, Esq. The Numismatic collection herein catalogued was laboriously collected during a score of years by james L. Hill, Esq., late Mayor of the City, and President of the late Bank of Madison, at a cost of several thousand dollars, who enjoyed exceptional advantages on both sides of the Atlantic and endeavored to make the most of them. His valued collection would never have been offered for sale, but for overwhelming reverses of fortune. 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.