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Important Volumes of The Bankers' MagazineVols. IV-V, continued as Vols. I-IV of the New Series (Boston and New York, July 1849-June 1855); plus Vols. VII of the New Series (New York, July 1857-June 1858). Seven complete volumes, as bound in 12. Approximately 7000 pages; occasional illustrations. 1851 issues reprint Eckfeldt and Du Bois's New Varieties of Gold and Silver Coins... with 5 plates of American coins, including many private and territorial gold coins. Final volume with spectacular engraved color advertisements for anti-photographic bank notes in the form of such notes by Rawdon, Wright, Hatch & Edson and by Toppan, Carpenter & Co. Five volumes bound in 10 in matching later green cloth, gilt; one volume bound as a whole in contemporary half leather; one removed from a previous binding. An important source of information on American paper money of the period, primarily from a banker's perspective. Coins and counterfeiting are also recurring topics. Most volumes fine, with final two volumes good to very good. Estimate $500. Ex: Eric P. Newman Numismatic Education Society.
Heritage Auctions 11/2018 (Newman XI), lot15318 (realized $600).
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