Book excerpt: Excerpt from Catalogue of U. S. Copper Silver and Gold, Foreign Silver and Copper, Ancient Gold and Silver Coins, U. S. Fractional Currency: Also a Small Collection of Rare Chinese Coins, Charms, Etc., All in Fine Condition and Including Early and Rare Forms, the Property of a Central New York Collector, Invoice From Abroad, Etc Similar shape to above but smaller size. Si-tu, ancient city of Shan si. About B.' C. 420. Very fine, rare. 18 x 32. Largest size round footed variety. Li-sheh, city of Shan si. About B. C. 400. Name of the city in large characters. R.ev., two perpendicular lines and one cross line. Very good. This size and shape extremely rare. 26 x 49. 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.