| Description |
Banking House & Counting Room Edition Heath Counterfeit Detector, Newman 2-BH-2(a)Boston and Washington: Heath, 1866 [incorrectly stating Pat'd July 12, 1867 on cover]. No printer's imprint. Second edition. Small 4to, original brown cloth, front cover lettered and decorated in gilt. 39, (1) pages; frontispiece; Treasury Department facsimile letter; Heath bank note facsimile plate with number hole-punched as issued; 16 engraved plates of bank notes or elements, with tissue guards, interspersed in the text, comprising impressions of genuine and counterfeit fractional currency notes (Plate 1), 10 engraved plates numbered 2-11 depicting genuine bank note design elements, an impression of a counterfeit $100 First National Bank of Boston note (Plate 12), and four unnumbered plates being impressions of a counterfeit $20 Fourth National Bank of New York note and a counterfeit $10 First National Bank of Philadelphia note, as well as counterfeit 1862 $10 and $50 United States notes. Plate 5 printed in green ink; the full-size counterfeit notes printed in green and black ink; only the $10 National Currency counterfeit note is hole-punched as issued. Spine head chipped, else near fine. Estimate $400 Ex: Eric P. Newman Numismatic Education Society.
Heritage Auctions 11/2018 (Newman XI), lot15279 (realized $216).
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