Item #5765 A HISTORY OF THE BILLS OF CREDIT OR PAPER MONEY ISSUED BY NEW YORK, FROM 1709 TO 1789: WITH A DESCRIPTION OF THE BILLS, AND CATALOGUE OF THE VARIOUS ISSUES. John H. Hickcox.
A HISTORY OF THE BILLS OF CREDIT OR PAPER MONEY ISSUED BY NEW YORK, FROM 1709 TO 1789: WITH A DESCRIPTION OF THE BILLS, AND CATALOGUE OF THE VARIOUS ISSUES.

A HISTORY OF THE BILLS OF CREDIT OR PAPER MONEY ISSUED BY NEW YORK, FROM 1709 TO 1789: WITH A DESCRIPTION OF THE BILLS, AND CATALOGUE OF THE VARIOUS ISSUES.

New York: Hickcox & Co., 1866. Joel Munsell, Albany, printer. Tall 4to [26 by 18.5 cm], 19th-century blue half calf with marbled boards; five raised bands, second and fourth resulting panels with gilt-printed morocco labels; spine tail lettered MUNSELL 1866; spine richly decorated; marbled endpapers; top page edges gilt. 2 blank leaves; (6), 103, (1) pages; title printed in red and black; engraving illustrating rate of depreciation facing page 99. Binding somewhat worn, with rear board detached and top panel of spine lacking. Deserving of restoration. Very good. Item #5765

An important contribution to the study of colonial and Continental paper money issued by the state of New York. Hickcox’s text was one of the earliest serious works on the subject, printed just after Henry Phillips’s work on colonial and Continental currency. He provides a history of New York currency, establishing the proper context with a discussion of the greater economy and early struggles to establish a circulating medium of exchange. He then presents a catalogue of the various issues, discussing each one separately and going into the background of each note, giving information on number printed, signers, designs and so forth. An important early U.S. numismatic work, that has stood the test of time very well. This copy is in need of restoration, but is well worth it: the binding must have been gorgeous when new, and it retains considerable charm even with its current faults. One of 250 copies printed. Not listed in Attinelli. Bibliotheca Munselliana 144. Clain-Stefanelli 13342.

Price: $200.00

See all items in Paper Currency, United States
See all items by