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A CATALOG OF THE
COLLECTION OF BOOKS RELATING
TO THE
COINAGE OF THE EAST
PRESENTED TO THE
ESSEX INSTITUTE
SALEM, MASSACHUSETTS
JOHN
ROBINSON
COMPILED BY THE DONOR
SALEM,
MASSACHUSETTS
PRINTED FOR THE COMPILER
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DEDICATION
IN MEMORY OF MY FATHER
JOHN Robinson
1796-1846
WHO SPENT MANY YEARS OF HIS LIFE IN THE FAR
EAST AND WHO BROUGHT HOME THE OBJECTS WHICH
STIMULATED THE COLLECTOR'S INTEREST IN THOSE
DISTANT COUNTRIES, AND OF MY MOTHER
LUCY PICKERING (STONE) ROBINSON
1815-1893
WHO EVER FOSTERED THE COLLECTOR'S SPIRIT IN THE
BOY AND WHO GAVE HIM HIS HRST BOOKS ON COINS, THE
COLLECTION OF BOOKS ON ORIENTAL NUMISMATICS IN-
CLUDED IN THIs'^ikTALOG AND THE COLLECTION OF
ORIENTAL COINS ILLUSTRATING THEM HAVE BEEN GIVEN
TO THE ESSEX INSTITUTE OF SALEM, MASSACHUSETTS.
THE COMPILER.
CONTENTS.
The Collection of Coins, . . . 7
The Collection op Books, ... 13
The Bibliography:
Sword charms
Trees (coins in the casting)
Instructive copies
Miscellaneous objects
Temple medals, amulets, charms,
Paper money-
Bamboo money
1037
2
2
17
24
120
19
19
203
1240
TIBET
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10 ORIENTAL NUMISMATICS.
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JAPAN (continued)
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