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Excerpt from Catalogue of the Valuable Cabinet of United States Gold Coins Belonging to Rev. Foster Ely, D. D: To Be Sold at Public Auction, Without Reserve, by Bangs and Co., 739 Broadway, New York City, Between Waverly Place and Eighth Street, on Saturday, November 17, 1888, Commencing at Three O'clock P. M IT is now two years since Dr. Ely sold by auction his United States Coins, in silver and copper, American Colonials, etc. The intervening time he has devoted to enlarging and improving his collection of the early issues of United States Gold Coins, which, when compared as presented in the following pages, with others that have been offered to the public, during the past 30 years, will be found to be worthy of a place in the front rank, both as to completeness in types and varieties, and high state of preservation of the pieces. 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.