Excerpt from Catalogue of the Collection of American Colonial and State Coins, United States Coins and Foreign Crowns, the Property of Clarence S. Bement, Esq. Mr. Clarence S. Bement has given me instructions to sell to the highest bidder at auction his collection of American Colonial, State and United States coins; also Foreign gold, silver and copper coins. He is a gentleman who spared no expense to procure as fine examples as possi ble, and at two of my great sales, the Earle and Baldwin collections, he made liberal purchases of many of the gems, so that the collector, in perusing the following pages, must at once be struck with the superlative condition of the coins. The cents are superb, and for one, the 1793 Liberty Cap, Mr. Bement paid me $500, the greatest price ever obtained for any U. S. Cent. The next highest price a U. S. Cent has ever brought was $37 5 for the wreath cent in the Sisson collection, sold by me on April 12 and 13, 1916, and of which Mr. Bement has an even more wonderful specimen, for his is bright red - original color. Collectors may feel sure of the coins meeting the descriptions in the catalogue, for I take great pains to carefully describe each item - not overrating - and if damaged or defective the fact has been mentioned; so bid all the lot is worth to you and you will not be disappointed. 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.