Excerpt from XLVIII Catalogue of the Collection of United States Gold, Silver and Copper Coins Formed by Mr. John E. Burton, Milwaukee, Wisc: All to Be Sold Without Reserve at Auction (All Bids by Mail) Tuesday, April 30th, 1918 Mr. Burton is a lover of everything of historical interest and beauty. He is best known as a collector of Lincoln material. His wonderful Lincoln library, which was sold at auction some few years ago, was pronounced-as the largest collection of printed material regarding Abraham Lincoln that has ever been offered for sale. He was an enthusiastic admirer of Lincoln, a lecturer on Lincoln's life and character. 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.