Heath's Greatly Improved and Enlarged Infallible Government Counterfeit Detector
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- Heath's Greatly Improved and Enlarged Infallible Government Counterfeit Detector
- Publication year listed
- 1870
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Heath's Greatly Improved and Enlarged Infallible Government Counterfeit Detector
Author: Heath, Laban
Year: 1870
Variety 3-P-1: Heath Counterfeit Detectors varied from edition to edition, and noted Numismatist Eric P. Newman, whose collection this particular Counterfeit Detector is from, developed a classification system to compare and describe their variety. This particular variety is described as follows: Third edition on title page and in Introduction; Pocket size; 1870 copyright date; Cover with 7 styles of gold leaf lettering partly on a folded ribbon design and with an erroneous July 12, 1867 patent date; Publisher and copyrighter changed from LABAN HEATH to LABAN HEATH & CO.; Address of Heath changed to 30 HANOVER ST, BOSTON; TEACHER OF COUNTERFEIT DETECTION eliminated on title page; Copyright filed with Librarian of Congress in Washington instead of with Clerk of District Court in Massachusetts; Most plates moved to back of book instead of being interspersed; N.H. Ordway and individual bank recommendations eliminated; References to the Perkin's Plate eliminated; The number of text sections was reduced from 12 to 11 and some are renamed; As in Varieties 2-P-s-5 and 2-P-s-6 three impressions of captured counterfeit National Bank note plates ($100 Boston, $20 New York and $10 Philadelphi