5. Recognition of the Independence of the United States by the States General, 1782. Obv. A female, representing the Netherlands, and an Indian woman, America, join hands over a burning altar. Rev. TYRANNIS VIRTUTE REPULSA. A unicorn which has broken his horn on a lofty rock. 45 mm.

6. Commercial Treaty Between the Netherlands and the United States, 1782. Obv. JUSTITIAM ET NON TEMNERE DIVOS. A monument, and Mercury placing a wreath upon a shield attached to its side; basket of fruit and ship's anchor. Rev. Fame, seated on clouds, holds shield with the arms of Netherlands and another with 13 stars. 45 mm.

7. Michael de Ruiter. Bust of de Ruiter in armor and draped. 70 mm. 8. Baron Imhoff. Obv. Bust r. Rev. The governor general starting for India. 72 mm.

9. Second Centennial of the Lutheran Reformation, 1717. Obv. Luther trampling on a papal tiara. Rev. Standing and kneeling figures.

10. Second Centennial of Augsburg Confession, 1730. Obv. Bust of Luther r. Rev. VERITATI TRIVMPHVS. A female figure seated, another standing beneath a palm.

11. Peace of Aix-la-Chapelle, A. D. 1748. Obv. Bust of the Staatholder r. Rev. Holland sacrificing at an altar.

12. Same Event. Obv. Louis XV as Hercules resisting the offers of Victory and receiving the pleas of Peace. Rev. Inscription.

13. Reception in Netherlands of the Protestants Driven from Salzburg, 1732. Obv. Liberty seated facing. Rev. Hollander offering protection to the exiles.

14. Same Event. Obv. Holland seated r.; boat and cow. Rev. Holland receiving the exiles.

BELGIAN.

1. Patria. Obv. Facing female bust. Rev. Plain. AE. 80 mm. By Wissaert. 56 mm.

2. Second Peace Congress, 1907. Obv. Peace with olive branch in right hand, directs the attention of a seated warrior to a plowman. Rev. A ship in a stormy sea. 65 mm. By Le Roy.

3. Origin of the Art of Design. A plaque. Obv. A maiden outlining the shadow of her lover's head upon a wall. Rev. SOCIÉTÉ HOLLANDAISE-BELGE | DES AMIS DE LA | MEDAILLE D'ART | 1903. 52 by 60 mm. By Devreese.

4. Henri Beyaert, Architect. Plaque. An angel bearing a medallion with bust of Beyaert J. 85 by 137 mm. By Devreese.

DANISH.

1. Accession of Christian IX, 1863. Obv. Busts of Christian IX and Queen Louise. Rev. Inscription. 53 mm.

2. Silver Wedding of Christian IX and Queen Louise, 1867. Obv. Busts, jugate, 1. By Schmaelfeld. Rev. The Fates, Clotho and Lachesis. AE. 39 mm. By Olrik and Schmaelfeld.

3. Golden Wedding of Christian IX and Queen Louise; 1892. Obv. Busts vis-à-vis. Rev. King and queen seated in a Viking ship. AE.

SWEDEN.

1. Second Centennial of Reformation, 1721. Obv. FREDERICVS D.G. REX.SVECIAE. Bust r. Rev. Busts vis-à-vis of Charles I and Gustavus Adolphus. AR. 42 mm.

2. Excursion to view Midnight sun. Obv. Bust of King Oscar II r. Rev. Mermaid. White metal. 40 mm.

3. Prof. Em. Hildebrand, Antiquarian and Director of Royal Cabinet of Coins, 1878. Obv. Bust 1. Rev. A female sacrificing at altar. 56 mm. 4. Jenny Lind. Obv. Bust 1. Rev. Monument to Jenny Lind.

78 mm.

SWITZERLAND.

1. Haller and Kolb, 1720. Obv. Busts r. Rev. Christ walking between Haller and Kolb.

2. John Calvin Jubilee, 1809. Obv. Bust 1. Rev. A pulpit, and in field, IL TEINT FERME | COME S'IL EVST VEV CELVI | QVI EST INVISIBLE. AE. 108 mm. By Bovy.

3. Haller, Berchtold, 1828. Obv. Bust 1. Rev. Inscription.

4. Same Event. Obv. Berne, with mural crown, seated r. tion.

Rev. Inscrip

5. Sixth Centennial of the First Federation, 1891. Obv. Representatives of three Cantons taking solemn oath. Rev. A tree with 22 shields. Aluminum. 50 mm.

SPANISH.

1. Maria Christine, Queen Regent, 1833. Obv. Head 1. Rev. Inscription. 51 mm.

2. The Four Hundredth Anniversary of the Discovery of America, 1892. Obv. Ferdinand and Isabella receiving Columbus. Rev. Columbus and companions on board ship. 71 mm. By Maura.

3. Michel Molinos. Obv. Bust 1. Rev. Molinos in prison.

PORTUGUESE.

1. Dom Joam, Prince Regent, 1809. Obv. Laureated head 1. Rev. Plain. AE. 51 mm. By Pidgeon.

2. Dom Miguel, 1827. Obv. Bust 1.

within laurel wreath. Lead.

Rev. NASCEO EM LISBOA etc. 51 mm. By Ghardigny.

MEXICAN.

1. Mexican Independence, 1823. Obv. CON LA TRIPLE GARANTIA. Three interlaced rings; below, two hemispheres. Rev. A wreath. AE. 50 mm.

2. Guadalupe Victoria. Obv. Bust r. Rev. Arms of Mexico. AR. 42mm. By Guarrerro.

3. Maximilian and Carlotta, 1866. Obv. Busts, jugate, 1. Rev. The Virgin standing on crescent. AE. 34 mm. By Ocampo.

4. Death of Maximilian, 1867. Obv. Head of Emperor r. Rev. Female figure with book and trumpet seated by tomb. White metal. 41 mm. By Kleeberg.

JAPAN.

MEDALS OF THE NATIONAL EXHIBITION, TOKIO, 1877.

1. Prize Medal of the First Class. Rev. Square label for name. 2. Prize Medal of the Second Class. 3. Prize Medal of the Third Class.

4. For Improvement.

Obv. Radiant sun between two dragons.
AE. 44 mm.

Similar to No. 1. AE. 60 mm.
Similar to No. 1.

MEDALS OF AWARD.

AE.

48 mm.

Obv. Radiant sun between kiri and wistaria. Rev. Aged man standing addressing a kneeling workman. AE. 67 mm. 5. Skill in the Arts. Obv. Similar to No. 4. Rev. An artist-Kanaoke of Kose-sitting. AE. 67 mm.

6. For Merit. Obv. As No. 4. Rev. Aged man standing, hands in sleeves. AE. 67 mm.

7. For Advancement of the Arts. Obv. Sun. Rev. Aged man seated. AE. 67 mm.

EXPOSITION OF THE PREFECTURE OF MIYOGI, 1880.

8. Prize Medal of the First Class. anthemums; above, peacock. 58 mm.

Obv. Legend within wreath of chrys-
Rev. Label within a tressure. AE.

9. Prize Medal of the Second Class. Similar to No. 8, but peacock omitted. AE. 49 mm.

10. Prize Medal of the Third Class. Similar to No. 9. AE. 40 mm.

11. Fishery Exposition, Tokio, 1883. Obv. Sun. Rev. Two fishermen. AE. 67 mm.

12. Twenty-fifth Anniversary of Marriage of the Emperor, March 9, 1894. Obv. Two howo birds with chrysanthemum branches in bills. Rev. Inscription. AE. 55 mm.

13. Marriage of the Crown Prince, May 10, 1900. Obv. Two fans. Rev. Inscription. AE. 55 mm.

14. Visit of the Empress to the Mint at Osaki, November, 1891. Obv. Fan and inscription. Rev. Inscription. AE. 61 mm.

15. Royal mint at Osaka. Obv. Front view of the mint. Rev. Inscription. AE. 67 mm.

16. Medal of Russo-Japanese War, 1904-5. Obv. Laurel wreath over a projectile flanked by royal standards. Rev. Inscription. AE. 55 mm.

HAWAII.

1. Royal Agricultural Society. Obv. Merchandise and ships. Rev. PREMIUM FOR THE BEST EXHIBITED. A wreath. AE. 64 mm. By Mitchell.

CATALOGUER'S NOTE

It is perhaps unnecessary for the writer to state that the foregoing catalogue makes no pretensions to illustrate the splendid methods of the cataloguer's art as it is now developed. A cursory examination of the contents of the collection will readily reveal its exceedingly fragmentary condition a fact which made it seem necessary to adopt special schemes of arrangement of the coins, which would not have been considered had the collection been more fully representative. To render the actual contents of the collection easily accessible has been the main object, steadily kept in view when departing from the well-known methods. of arrangement of the coins of the countries of the Western Hemisphere. Part II is to serve primarily as a check-list for official uses, a fact which will explain the otherwise apparently unnecessary publication of those coins.

The collectors of the coins of the United States, especially those who have much regard for minute variations in the dies with the same types, will have reason to feel some disappointment, not only because of the numerous and wide lacunæ in the collection, but also because of the omission, in some instances, to mention the slight variations in the specimens that are in the collection; but here the official advice, to note only real varieties—that is, the varieties that originated in an intentional change in the type-is doubtless wise; while the lack of specimens of the large number of industriously determined die varieties would in many cases have compelled resort to explanations of some length, if the facts were to be made clear to others than expert collectors, and such explanations would have encumbered and certainly impaired the value of the work. For such "varieties" are chiefly evidence of unskillful or slovenly workmanship at the mint; they have but little if any bearing upon the history of the

coinage, and concern for the most part the collectors of coins, whose interests in that particular are already served by a number of well-known publications, which the specimens in the mint collection in nowise supplement.

Few men can lay claim to expert knowledge of the coinages of the world, ancient and modern-probably none would do so and certainly the writer does not claim a tithe of the whole field, yet it has fallen to his lot to prepare this catalogue, in which coinages of nearly the entire world are represented, and to do so within a rather brief space of time, without special preparation and without the benefit of any advice of specialists in the various fields and often with inadequate literary aids. That errors are to be found in the volume is to be expected; yet if the work, in addition to being a published record of the contents of the collection, as desired, should also in a measure serve the purposes of students and persons interested in the subject the utmost hopes of the writer will be realized.