| Description |
Heath Counterfeit Detector Tenth Pocket Edition, Newman 10-P-1Boston and Washington: Heath, 1870. Tenth edition. 16mo, original blindstamped green cloth; front cover decoratively lettered in gilt. 40 pages; text illustrations of four Heath microscopes; 2 unnumbered fractional currency plates; 10 engraved plates mostly depicting bank note design elements, numbered 2-10 and 17 [plates 7-10 renumbered correctly, but the old 17 left as is], plate 4 printed in green ink. Ads for the Banking & Counting House Edition at $5 and the American Bond Detector at $16. The text on page 11 has been updated to remove those sections mentioning the now-suppressed counterfeit plates. Binding lightly spotted; near fine. Estimate $300 Ex: Eric P. Newman Numismatic Education Society.
Heritage Auctions 11/2018 (Newman XI), lot15267 (realized $192).
Heritage link: http://www.ha.com/c/item.zx?saleNo=1283&lotIdNo=11150 |
