Excerpt from The Collection of Cents of the United States in Superlative Preservation of Dr. Henry W. Beckwith, New London, Conn The purpose of Dr. Beckwith in forming his collection was to obtain a collection of each type of the United States Cent in the finest possible preservation. He pursued this subject for many years with determination and liberality in paying prices for the specimens that met his requirements. I think I may say that he achieved great success, and that his sale of cents is one of the most exquisite in preservation that has ever been offered. He endeavored to obtain them in the state in which they left the dies, as nearly as possible, and with the original red color of the freshly minted coin. He has more specimens with more traces or altogether of the original color of the metal than any set that I have ever seen. With I think only two or three exceptions, every specimen is in uncirculated condition and truly a gem for its impression and preservation. It would be super fluons and would seem like an exaggeration to repeat such a term in every description, and I refrain from doing it, but would only commend them to collectors as in almost every instance the high est state of preservation from the first type of the Chain Cent, which is absolutely uncirculated with traces of the original red color around the outlines, and the finest specimen known. This is also the rarest die of the three of the first type of 1793. It surpasses the specimen which was in the J ackman Sale, and fetched $300, which I sold to Mr. Jackman for $175 six years previously from the Earle Sale, as it has its complete obverse border and traces of the original red color. The representative of the next type of the year, the flowing hair and reverse a wreath, is also the finest specimen known of these dies. Every line of the hair over the ear is perfectly sharp and the piece is uncirculated with traces of the original red color around the outline. 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.