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Auction: 1011 - Ancient, English & Foreign Coins, Commemorative Medals & Numismatic Books
Lot: 378

LOCKHARD, J.H. Stewart. The Coinage of the Farther East from the Earliest Times up to the Present Day. Glover Collection. Hong Kong, 1895. Octavo, oblong quarto, and quarto. Comprising: Volume I. A Description of the Glover Collection of Chinese, Annamese, Japanese, Corean Coins: Of coins used as amulets: and Chinese Government and Private Notes. Octavo, pp. viii, 224. Cloth-backed boards, minor wear. Volume II. The Plates of the Chinese, Annamese, Japanese, Corean Coins; of the Coins used as Amulets, and of the Chinese and Private Notes. Collected by the late Mr. G. B. Glover, of the Chinese Imperial Maritime Customs, and now in the possession of Mrs. Glover. Oblong quarto; 204 plates. Cloth-backed boards. Covers worn, plates clean, some pencil marks. Volume III. A Guide to the Inscriptions on the Coins of the Farther East, with special reference to the Glover Collection and a Chronology of the Dynasties and Emperors of China, Annam, and Japan. Forming Volume III of the ´Currency of the Farther East´. Quarto, pp. xii, 77, lix. Cloth backed boards, spine loose; minor spotting in places, but a really fine set of this rare work. Estimate £ 160-220

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