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Excerpt from Catalogue of the Highly Important and Valuable Cabinet of Scottish Coins, in Gold, Silver and Billon, Formed by James Wingate, Esq. F. S. A. Scot., Author of "Illustrations of the Scottish Coinage," &C: Comprising Many of the Rarest and Most Desirable Examples of the Series Ranging From David I, to the Last Production of the Scottish Mint in the Reign of Queen Anne IT is not too much to say, that so far as Scottish Coins are concerned this is the most important Collection ever disposed of in this House. Besides numerous examples acquired in detail or incidentally procured, it contains the most valuable Coins Of the Scottish portion of almost all the Cabinets sold, either privately or by public sale, during the last ten years. Collectors interested in Scot tish Numismatics will easily recognize contributions from the Lindsay, Foster, and Bergne Collections, as well as the Christmas, Hay Newton, and others of Older date. Neither pains nor expense have been spared in procuring the finest examples possible - inferior ones being at once turned out whenever an Opportunity occurred of supply ing their place by better. The Plates referred to in this Catalogue are those of Mr. Wingate's Illustrations Of the Coinage of Scotland, which, to save needless repe tition, is here mentioned once for all. In almost every case they are the identical coins from which the figures were taken, thus rendering the details of the varied readings, &c. On these Coins unnecessary in the following pages. 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.