| Description |
Heath Counterfeit Detector Tenth Pocket Edition, Newman 10-P-2Boston and Washington: Heath, 1870. Tenth edition. 16mo, original blindstamped russet 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 2-11 [the old 17 having been renumbered], plate 4 printed in green ink. Additional unnumbered plate advertising Geo. W. Casilear's anti-fraud technology for checks (now dated 1871). Ads for the Banking & Counting House Edition at $5 and the American Bond Detector at $16. Cloth a bit wrinkled; near fine. Estimate $300 Ex: Eric P. Newman Numismatic Education Society.
Heritage Auctions 11/2018 (Newman XI), lot15268 (realized $552).
Heritage link: http://www.ha.com/c/item.zx?saleNo=1283&lotIdNo=11151 |
