A Letter From The Publisher: Dec. 3, 1965

THE six self-made young millionaires on the cover this week are limned against a golden carpet of rare coins from the collection of the Chase Manhattan Bank Money Museum. Reaching back to 1795, the six featured coins had original values ranging from $10 to $50, and today are worth from $500 to $6,000. Photographs of the vintage coins by Frank Lerner and pictures of the highly valued young men by Phil Bath, Ormond Gigli, J. Alex Langley and Ben Martin were melded into the cover design by Charles P. Jackson.

Selecting the six gilt-edged...

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