| Description |
Banking House & Counting Room Edition Heath Counterfeit Detector, Newman 3-BH-5Boston and Washington: Heath, 1870 [incorrect patent date of July 12, 1867, stated on cover]. No printer's imprint. Third edition. Small 4to, original dark green cloth, front cover lettered and decorated in gilt. (4), 42, (1) pages, pagination skipping one page; frontispiece; Treasury Department facsimile letter; 13 engraved plates of bank notes or elements, comprising impressions of genuine and counterfeit fractional currency notes (Plate 1), 10 engraved plates numbered 2-11 depicting genuine bank note design elements, and two unnumbered plates being impressions of a counterfeit 1862 $100 United States note and an unfinished counterfeit $20 First National Bank of New York note. Plate 5 printed in green ink and erroneously numbered 4 (hand-corrected in ink); full-size counterfeit plates printed in green and black ink and not hole-punched. Ink correction to List of Illustrations. Binding worn, with tears to cloth; very good or so. Estimate $350 Ex: Eric P. Newman Numismatic Education Society.
Heritage Auctions 11/2018 (Newman XI), lot15290 (realized $3120).
Heritage link: http://www.ha.com/c/item.zx?saleNo=1283&lotIdNo=11173 |
