Excerpt from Catalogue of an Unusually Fine Assortment of Coins, Medals, Books, Etc: Comprising the Superb Collection of American Cents, (Formed by Mr. J. C. Roach, and Now the Property of Mr. J. Colvin Randall of Philadelphia), United States and Foreign Coins and Medals in Gold and Silver This Medal was struck by the French in commemoration of the battle of Yorktown, Oct. 19, 1781. In View of the coming celebration of this event at Yorktown, next year, this Medal possesses particular interest. 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.