| Description |
[Paper Money]. The History of a Little Frenchman and His Bank Notes. "Rags! Rags! Rags!" Philadelphia: Published for the Author, 1815. 8vo, removed from previous binding. 27, (1) pages. A rare diatribe against the issuance of paper money by banks in the form of a dialogue between our anonymous author and a newly arrived Frenchman who had been swindled by a bank to exchange his specie for dubious paper. Good to very good. Ex: Goodspeed's Book Shop (8/1975); Eric P. Newman Numismatic Education Society. Estimate $150.
Heritage Auctions 11/2018 (Newman XI), lot15934 (realized $114).
Heritage link: http://www.ha.com/c/item.zx?saleNo=1283&lotIdNo=11099 |
