| Description |
An Exceptionally Rare 1750 Boston Conversion Guide to New Currency Values(Boston): Printed & Sold (by Kneeland & Green?) Opposite the Prison in Queen-Street, (1750?). 9.5 by 4.75 cm, contemporary marbled paper covers. (24) pages. Complete, though possibly originally issued with printed wraps no longer extant. Publication information is speculative, and is based on another copy in printed wraps with a bookseller advertisement on the back cover. Not in Evans or Bristol; Early American Imprints 49366. A similar guide is discussed in the July 1871 issue of the American Journal of Numismatics. The Province of Massachusetts-Bay adjusted the value of its paper money a few times during the first half of the 18th century, making a table showing the conversion rates quite useful. This volume includes additional tables on the value of silver, on calculating interest, and for the counting of dollars. Extremely rare. Marbled covers worn; minor occasional discoloration to leaves. Very good, and quite charming. Estimate $750. Ex: Eric P. Newman Numismatic Education Society.
Heritage Auctions 11/2018 (Newman XI), lot15325 (realized $1320).
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