| Description |
Heath Counterfeit Detector Second Pocket Edition, Newman 2-P-s-7 Boston and Washington: Heath, 1866. Second edition. 16mo, original blindstamped green cloth; front cover lettered sideways in gilt. 39, (5) pages; 2 unnumbered fractional currency plates; engraved facsimile of Treasury Department letter to Heath on thin paper; two leaves featuring four Heath microscope illustrations printed two apiece on one side of each leaf; 15 numbered engraved plates mostly depicting bank note design elements, numbered 1-14 and 17, with original tissue guards, plates 2 and 5 serving as frontispieces, plate 5 printed in green ink [plates numbered 15 and 16 not present in this variant]; several plate numbers overprinted. Latest Recommendation dated Dec. 2, 1867. This variant was not listed in Eric P. Newman's article; this is the copy from which he devised the 2-P-s-7 designation. The dating of this variant, with its absence of all three folding counterfeit plates, is questionable. One signature detached from binding. Very good or so. Estimate $400 Ex: Eric P. Newman Numismatic Education Society.
Heritage Auctions 11/2018 (Newman XI), lot15261 (realized $4080).
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