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Heath Counterfeit Detector Second Pocket Edition, Newman 2-P-s-4(a)Boston and Washington: Heath, 1866. Second edition. 16mo, original blindstamped maroon cloth; front cover lettered sideways in gilt. 39, (1) pages; double-page plate of impressions of genuine and counterfeit fractional currency notes following the title; folding counterfeit $100 First National Bank of Boston note, in green and black, preceding introduction; 16 engraved plates of bank note design elements numbered 1 to 17 skipping 15, with original tissue guards, interspersed out of numerical sequence in the text, plates 2 and 5 serving as frontispieces, plate 5 printed in green ink, plate 16 being a folding facsimile of a counterfeit $5 Bank of Orleans note taken from captured engraved plates, several plate numbers overprinted. Latest Recommendation dated Jan. 15, 1867. As mentioned earlier, the second Pocket Editions were divided by Eric P. Newman into those lettered horizontally on the front cover (denoted by the h in the Newman number), and those lettered sideways (denoted s). He also continued to study the series after the initial publication of his work and added a few new variations, including to this printing, 2-P-s-4. Finding that this printing came with and without four pages of illustrations of Heath microscopes, Newman designated the current variety, without the illustrations, (a), and the following variety, with the illustrations, (b). It is possible that this copy had plate 15 (the engraved Laban Heath promotional note) removed, though Newman felt it was not present to begin with. Very good or better. The first printing to include the folding plate of a counterfeit $100 First National Bank of Boston note, printed in green and black. Estimate $400 Ex: Eric P. Newman Numismatic Education Society.
Heritage Auctions 11/2018 (Newman XI), lot15257 (realized $144).
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