| Description |
Rare 1860 Descriptive Register of Genuine Bank Notes for the Detection of Spurious and Altered Bills, Containing Accurate, Elaborate and Plain Descriptions of the Notes Issued by Every Bank in the United States and Canada, Conveniently Arranged for Reference, Prepared under the Supervision of the Publishers, Who Acknowledge Their Indebtedness to the Several Firms Now Comprising the American Bank Note Company for Much Valuable Information. New York, 1860. 4to, modern brown cloth onto which has been mounted the original brown cloth, front lettered in gilt. 152; (145)-154 pages, with the main text ending at 144 and followed by a Supplement comprising (145)-152, followed immediately by a second Supplement paginated as (145)-154. Opening blank stained, else a near fine copy. As mentioned above, determining the sequence of emission of the various Gwynne & Day Supplements is difficult, mainly because one so rarely has the opportunity to examine several at the same time. While they remain mysterious, what is not unclear is that any Gwynne & Day Register with a title page dated 1860 or later is a genuine rarity. Estimate $400 Ex: Zonne & Company (10/1970); Glenn Smedley. Ex: Eric P. Newman Numismatic Education Society.
Heritage Auctions 11/2018 (Newman XI), lot15230 (realized $384).
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