(FINANCE) The American Bond Detector; and Complete History o

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(FINANCE.) The American Bond Detector; and Complete History of the United States Government Securities. 30 plates, including 8 coin plates in color. [6], 100 pages. Oblong 4to, publisher's cloth gilt, moderate wear, front joint starting; minor foxing on some plates, marginal corner loss to first coin plate, page 83 coming detached, minor dampstaining on top edge of a few leaves; errata slip tipped to verso of title page. Washington, 1869

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first edition. Privately printed with the assistance of the United States Treasury Department, using the original banknote plates from their vaults. "The illustrations in this work . . . are printed upon soft, thick plate paper, which brings out the engraving more clearly and distinctly than the thin paper upon which bonds are printed. . . . By a recent change in the law, no more can be printed from the Government plates at the Treasury Department" (page 3).