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How to Detect Counterfeit Bank Notes
Peyton, George. HOW TO DETECT COUNTERFEIT BANK NOTES: OR, AN ILLUSTRATED TREATISE ON THE DETECTION OF COUNTERFEIT, ALTERED, AND SPURIOUS BANK NOTES, WITH ORIGINAL BANK NOTE PLATES AND DESIGNS, BY RAWDON, WRIGHT, HATCH & EDSON, BANK NOTE ENGRAVERS, OF NEW-YORK. THE WHOLE FORMING AN UNERRING GUIDE, BY WHICH EVERY PERSON CAN, ON EXAMINATION, DETECT SPURIOUS BANK NOTES OF EVERY DESCRIPTION, NO MATTER HOW WELL EXECUTED THEY MAY APPEAR. New York: Published for the Author, 1856. First edition. 8vo [23.5 by 15 cm], original light brown cloth, intricately decorated in blind; upper cover lettered in gilt. vii, (1), (9)-45, (1) pages; 4 finely engraved plates of bank note designs. Moderate wear; opening blank foxed; minor internal foxing. Very good with fine plates. In the introduction, the author states: "In presenting this small volume to the public, I feel confident that, if it contained nothing but the plates, it would be exceedingly serviceable to those who might peruse it." The plates are most attractive and were doubtless very useful; the text is also quite well executed for the time. Though legitimately scarce, this is probably the earliest counterfeit detector to appear on the market with any frequency. Little appears to be known about the author beyond his occupation as an exchange broker with "fifteen years' active experience." Ex Q. David Bowers Library.
(Estimate: $150)
Peyton, George. HOW TO DETECT COUNTERFEIT BANK NOTES: OR, AN ILLUSTRATED TREATISE ON THE DETECTION OF COUNTERFEIT, ALTERED, AND SPURIOUS BANK NOTES, WITH ORIGINAL BANK NOTE PLATES AND DESIGNS, BY RAWDON, WRIGHT, HATCH & EDSON, BANK NOTE ENGRAVERS, OF NEW-YORK. THE WHOLE FORMING AN UNERRING GUIDE, BY WHICH EVERY PERSON CAN, ON EXAMINATION, DETECT SPURIOUS BANK NOTES OF EVERY DESCRIPTION, NO MATTER HOW WELL EXECUTED THEY MAY APPEAR. New York: Published for the Author, 1856. First edition. 8vo [23.5 by 15 cm], original light brown cloth, intricately decorated in blind; upper cover lettered in gilt. vii, (1), (9)-45, (1) pages; 4 finely engraved plates of bank note designs. Moderate wear; opening blank foxed; minor internal foxing. Very good with fine plates. In the introduction, the author states: "In presenting this small volume to the public, I feel confident that, if it contained nothing but the plates, it would be exceedingly serviceable to those who might peruse it." The plates are most attractive and were doubtless very useful; the text is also quite well executed for the time. Though legitimately scarce, this is probably the earliest counterfeit detector to appear on the market with any frequency. Little appears to be known about the author beyond his occupation as an exchange broker with "fifteen years' active experience." Ex Q. David Bowers Library.
(Estimate: $150)