Excerpt from Catalogue of the Valuable and Extensive Collection of Early British, Anglo-Saxon and English Coins, Greek and Roman Coins, Tokens of the Xixth Century, and a Few Scottish, Irish and Colonial Coins, the Property of Thomas Bliss, Esq. F. R. N. S. (Deceased) His Collection is one of many years standing; the late Mr. T Thomas Bliss, who had been a member of the Royal Numis matic Society of London for over thirty years, purchased most of the rarities, now offered for sale, from the various celebrated Coin Collections that have been sold by auction at this House during that long period, viz. The Shepherd, Maynard, Thorburn, Leycester, Marsham, yorke-moore, Bieber, Montagu, Murdoch, o'hag'an, Rashleigh, and other Sales. 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.