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Excerpt from Mason's Monthly Illustrated Coin Collector's Magazine, and Coin Price Current, Vol. 1: December 1884 Tm: above cut is a faithful picture of Frank W. Furman, the numismatist; and it is equally as good a picture of his twin brother, about whom so many jokes have been played during the past year. Mr. Frank W. Furman and his twin brother are natives of Berkshire Town, Broome County, State of Pennsylvania; born July 29, 1824, Frank being only one-half hour the eldest. At the age of five years his parents moved to North New Berlin, Chenango County, n.y. And in the year 1842, in time of the Dorr War, he came to Providence City, r.i., and for thirty years never saw his brother. He commenced business at the old Manufacturers' Hotel, on the site of the present What Cheer building. Mr. Furman has been a fancier of ancient coins for a number of years and he has spent a great deal of time and money for ancient coins, probably more than any other numismatist in Providence, ri. In the year 1851 he became the fortunate possessor of an ancient coin through the generosity of a lady-friend, Who presented it to him as a keepsake. This friend did not dream that this coin would be an incentive to make Furman a numismatist, but it did all the same; and to-day he has one of the finest collection of coins that can be found in this country. He has, at the present time, a collection that is worth a good many thousand dollars; and he can give the day and date of the adoption of the various coins which are now in circulation. 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,