Download or read book Catalogue of a Varied and Interesting Collection of Medals, English Tokens, United States Colonial and Foreign Coins, U. S. And Foreign Stamps and Envelopes, Belonging to Several Private Collectors written by Joseph B. Burleigh and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-03-18 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Catalogue of a Varied and Interesting Collection of Medals, English Tokens, United States Colonial and Foreign Coins, U. S. And Foreign Stamps and Envelopes, Belonging to Several Private Collectors: To Be Sold at Public Auction by W. M. Seemuller at His New Auction Rooms, No. 11 South Charles Street, on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday Evening, May 20th, 21st, 22nd and 23rd, 1884, Commencing at 7: 1 2 O'clock P. M Gustavous Adolphus, 16 3 3, obverse. The skeleton of the dead King seated in a chariot drawn by three winged horses, in his right hand a sword, and in. His left the Bible. The Pope, Tri ple Cross and Lamb being crushed under the wheels of the chariot, Rev. The King laying on the field Of battle, his victor ious soldiers pursuing the flying enemies, angels above, carry ing his soul heavenward. In a radiated Sun the word Jehova in Hebrew, the legends are sufficiently plain in the photo graph, which see. This exceedingly rare medal is I believe unique. It differs from the one in the Towson Cabinet, and I believe has not heretofore ever been offered for sale, silver, size 38, limited to $100, condition very good. 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.