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Excerpt from Catalogue of the Valuable Collection of Coins and Medals, the Property of the Late John G. Murdoch, Esq., Member of the Numismatic Society of London: The Series of Ancient British, Anglo-Saxon and English Coins; (First Portion) Many of the minute varieties in the earlier series, which formed so strong a feature in the Montagu Collection, will not be found here, but their absence is amply compensated for by the brilliant and unrivalled series of Patterns and Proofs in gold, silver and copper, from George I to Queen Victoria. There will be six sales. The first, of which the following is the catalogue, comprises the early British, anglo-saxon and post-conquest coins to the end of the reign of James I. The second, which will take place in May, will consist of the remarkably fine series of Scotch coins. The third is fixed for June, and will probably include the reigns of Charles I, Commonwealth, Cromwell, Charles II, James II, William and Mary, Anne, George I and George II. The fourth will comprise the Colonial, Irish and American series, and will be held in July. The coins of George III, George IV, William IV and Queen Victoria, and the splendid Collection of Medals, will be sold in 1904. 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.