Kolbe & Fanning
Auction 165 3 Dec 2022
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Counterfeiting in Maine
[Counterfeiting]. SEVEN MAINE NEWSPAPERS, 1827-1844, FEATURING ARTICLES ON COUNTERFEITING. Includes issues of The Christian Mirror (Portland), dated: November 16, 1827; February 6, 1834; April 17, 1834; May 8, 1834; June 19, 1834; January 25, 1844; and February 1, 1844. Overall condition is very good to fine, with all being printed on rag paper (and hence not brittle). A few with pages separated at spine. An interesting group of Portland newspapers discussing: counterfeit $100 notes of the United States Bank, Baltimore branch, and $20 notes of the New Orleans branch; a report on a sting operation netting a man selling bulk counterfeit currency; the arrest of a group of counterfeiters in Missouri, led by James Garland, who were operating on a very large scale, printing up to $40,000 worth of counterfeit bank notes a day; the proceedings against a pair, one of them a Revolutionary War veteran, accused of making and passing counterfeiting "American half dollars and Spanish quarters"; a warning of altered notes of the South Bank, Boston, and of counterfeit $100 notes of the Bank of the United States, Washington; the proceedings against a gang accused of counterfeiting half dollars; counterfeit $10 notes of the Grafton Bank (New Hampshire), with tips on detecting them; the 1843 coinage of the New Orleans Mint; and counterfeit half dollars of the New Orleans Mint and other false coins in circulation.
Estimate: 150 USD
[Counterfeiting]. SEVEN MAINE NEWSPAPERS, 1827-1844, FEATURING ARTICLES ON COUNTERFEITING. Includes issues of The Christian Mirror (Portland), dated: November 16, 1827; February 6, 1834; April 17, 1834; May 8, 1834; June 19, 1834; January 25, 1844; and February 1, 1844. Overall condition is very good to fine, with all being printed on rag paper (and hence not brittle). A few with pages separated at spine. An interesting group of Portland newspapers discussing: counterfeit $100 notes of the United States Bank, Baltimore branch, and $20 notes of the New Orleans branch; a report on a sting operation netting a man selling bulk counterfeit currency; the arrest of a group of counterfeiters in Missouri, led by James Garland, who were operating on a very large scale, printing up to $40,000 worth of counterfeit bank notes a day; the proceedings against a pair, one of them a Revolutionary War veteran, accused of making and passing counterfeiting "American half dollars and Spanish quarters"; a warning of altered notes of the South Bank, Boston, and of counterfeit $100 notes of the Bank of the United States, Washington; the proceedings against a gang accused of counterfeiting half dollars; counterfeit $10 notes of the Grafton Bank (New Hampshire), with tips on detecting them; the 1843 coinage of the New Orleans Mint; and counterfeit half dollars of the New Orleans Mint and other false coins in circulation.
Estimate: 150 USD