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Heath Counterfeit Detector Third Pocket Edition, Newman 3-P-1The Only Infallible Method of Detecting Counterfeit, Spurious, and Altered Bank Notes, Government Bonds, Etc., Applicable to All Banks in the United States and Canadas, as Now in Circulation or That May Be Issued, with Genuine Designs from the Original Government Plates. By Authority from the United States Treasury Department, and the American, National, and Continental Bank Note Cos., New York and Boston. Boston and Washington: Heath, 1870. Third edition. 16mo, original blindstamped russet cloth; front cover decoratively lettered in gilt. 44 pages; unnumbered folding plate showing both sides of a counterfeit $100 First National Bank of Boston note in green and black; unnumbered folding plate showing both sides of a counterfeit $20 Fourth National Bank of New York note in green and black; unnumbered folding plate showing both sides of a counterfeit $10 First National Bank of Philadelphia note in green and black; text illustrations of four Heath microscopes; 2 unnumbered fractional currency plates; 13 engraved plates mostly depicting bank note design elements, numbered 2-9, 11-14 and 17, plate 5 printed in green ink [plates numbered 1, 10, 15 and 16 not present in this edition, though the text refers to the three counterfeit notes as plates 15, 16, and 18], no plate numbers overprinted. Ads for the Banking & Counting House Edition at $5 and the American Bond Detector at $16. Binding a bit faded and spotted, else near fine. Estimate $400 Ex: Eric P. Newman Numismatic Education Society.
Heritage Auctions 11/2018 (Newman XI), lot15263 (realized $240).
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