Sale: CNG 67, Lot: 3244. Estimate $50.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 22 September 2004.  Sold For $40. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Lane-Poole, Stanley, ed. Coins and Medals, Their Place in History and Art. (London, 1892, 2nd edition). x, 286 pages, with 44 line illustrations of coins and medals in text. Ten chapters, mostly by staff of the British Museum, discussing the history of coins and medals throughout the world. green cloth covers, with gilt impression of a coin of Julius Caesar on front cover. Curiously, this text employs the archaic "f" form of the letter "s", not otherwise seen in printed volumes for several decades. Fine condition. ($50)