Catalogue Of The Very Valuable Collection Of Canadian Coins Medals And Tokens PDF Download

Excerpt from Catalogue of the Very Valuable Collection of Canadian Coins, Medals and Tokens, Formed by Gerald E. Hart, Esq., Of Montreal: Including Many of the Well Known Rarities and Generally in the Choicest Condition, to Which Are Added a Few Ancient Coins, English, French and Spanish Gold, Together With Medals of Various Countries, Embracing Some Rare American Before 1832 when the Medal Mint was part of the Royal establishment, the issues had no sign indicative of their production. When in 1833 the Medal Mint was joined with that for coinage, gold and silver Medals received on their edge the impression of an antique lamp, to determine their standard (916 m/m for gold and 950 m/m for silver) silver-gilt Medals bore the word Dore following the stamp of the antique lamp. Copper and bronze Medals, whose standard did not need to be determined, had no distinguishing mark. 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.