| Description |
The Rarest Heath Counterfeit Detector The Household EditionThe Only Correct Method of Detecting Counterfeit, Spurious, and Altered Bank Notes, Etc., Etc., Applicable to All Banks in the United States and Canadas, with Genuine Designs. Boston, 1870 [changed to 1871 in ink]. Household Edition. 16mo, original red cloth-backed printed boards. 32 pages; 4 text illustrations of Heath magnifying glasses; 3 numbered finely engraved plates [No. 1 facing title; No. 2 facing page 6; and No. 4 facing page 12]; Casilear Patent plate, printed in red and green, facing page 10; double-page plate of impressions of genuine and counterfeit fractional currency notes, bound in between pages 16 and 17. Covers slightly stained; front hinge cracked; leaf comprising pages 9 and 10 detached from binding; both fractional currency plates detached from binding. Complete as issued. Newman HH-2. The Household Edition is by far the rarest type of Heath counterfeit detector, and the HH-2 variant (with the copyright date manually changed to 1871) is the rarer of the two Newman numbers. It was designed, as noted in the preface, "to furnish a concise hand-book for the detection of counterfeits at so low a cost, that it may be purchased by every family, and thus every one easily become familiar with the rules and methods of detecting counterfeit money." Sales would appear to have been unimpressive, however, and the edition was not reprinted. Good. Estimate $750. Ex: Eric P. Newman Numismatic Education Society.
Heritage Auctions 11/2018 (Newman XI), lot15299 (realized $7800).
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