Excerpt from Mail Bid Sale, United States and Foreign Gold, Silver and Minor Coins: Closing Date January 12, 1943 The order of the Standard Catalogue of U. S. Coins and Tokens and the Standard Paper Money Catalogue has been followed in this catalogue. So that collectors may have a quick guide to value we have placed after each lot the 1942 catalogue valua tion with such revisions as appear in the l943 supple ment. This valuation is by no means a limit or re serve. Where a definite valuation has not been given in the catalogue for condition quoted it has been averaged. United States proof coins are in great de mand and most dealers offer 60% to 8070 of cata logue for them. Therefore bids of less than 70% of catalogue will not be entered. The scarcer proofs usually bring above 80% of catalogue value. 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.