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Very Rare 1851 Counterfeit Detector With Facsimile Bank NoteNew York: Oliver & Brother, 1851. Third edition, fourth thousand. 16mo, original paper-backed black cloth covers, lettered in gilt. 36 pages; 14 woodcut text engravings of bank note design elements; folding steel-engraved bank note facsimile tipped in facing the title. Very good. The very rare third edition, not present in the ANS Library and lacking from the Fuld, Champa, and Bass libraries. By 1851, it had grown to nearly double the size of the 1849 first edition above. The design elements of the facsimile bank note are keyed to the author's seven rules and "contain standard specimens of all the different styles of engraving of the notes of all the Banks in the United States." Estimate $500. Ex: Eric P. Newman Numismatic Education Society.
Heritage Auctions 11/2018 (Newman XI), lot15222 (realized $960).
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