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Excerpt from Catalogue of a Fine Collection of United States and Foreign Coins, Fractional Currency, Old Almanacs, Autographs, War Envelopes, Etc: Including U. S. Proof Sets, an 1858 Dollar, Set of Fine Cents and Many Other Choice and Desirable Pieces; To Be Sold Without Reserve, at the Central Auction Rooms, Lancaster, Pa., On Tuesday and Wednesday, May 23 and 24, 1882 I desire to call the attention of collectors to my coming Sixth Sale which will take place about June 15th, when I will offer the fine and well known collection of John S. Rohrer, oflancaster, Pa., which I recently purchased for several thousand dollars. This collection con tains many choice pieces, the line of Cents and Half Cents being par ticularly fine. Among the former mav be mentioned a very fine 1793 Chain Ameri and among the latte1 Will be found 17961836 and ne 1rly all of the iale '40's. The silve1 is also very fine and includes an 1858 Dollar and 1796 Half Dollar. Among the Colonials, another rarity will be discovered, the Vermont Immune Columbia. All trash will be excluded from this sale and, with scarcely an exception, nearly ev ery piece will be found to be either extiemely fine or rare or both of these desi1able qualities combined in one piece. 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.