Excerpt from Catalogue of the Collections of United States Gold, Silver and Copper Coins of Mr. H. L. Cook, Des Moines, Iowa: Also the Collection of Rare Ancient Gold; A Representative Collection of Fine British Coins and a Fine Line of Interesting American Medals, the Property of the Chas. H. Conover Estate, Chicago All bids are entered as received and lots distributed to the highest bidder without reserve. When two or more bids are the same, the first received gets the lot. When two or more unlimited bids on a certain lot are received, the first one received gets the lot at an advance of 5% over the highest bid. When I receive your bids, I consider myself as your agent and buy the lot for you as much under your bids as the next highest bid will permit. I simply execute your bids for you as faithfully as if you had yourself been present at the sale. 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.