A TREATISE ON COUNTERFEIT, ALTERED, AND SPURIOUS BANK NOTES, WITH UNERRING RULES FOR THE DETECTION OF FRAUDS IN THE SAME. ILLUSTRATED WITH ORIGINAL STEEL, COPPER, AND WOOD PLATE ENGRAVINGS, PREPARED EXPRESSLY FOR THIS WORK. TOGETHER WITH A HISTORY OF ANCIENT MONEY, CONTINENTAL CURRENCY, BANKS, BANKING, BANK OF ENGLAND, OUR AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANIES, AND OTHER VALUABLE INFORMATION AS TO MONEY.
Poughkeepsie: Published for the Authors, 1865. Second edition. 8vo, original black cloth, intricately decorated in blind; upper cover lettered MONEY in gilt. Finely engraved frontispiece view of Poughkeepsie; iv, (3)–51, (1), 20 pages; 4 finely engraved plates of bank note designs; woodcut illustrations. Binding spotted and a bit worn; moderate..... More