Published by Wheeler M. Gillet. This copy ex. Newman library (Newman XI, Heritage Auctions 11/2018, lot 15863), and described by David Fanning in the Newman XI sale, "N.p., 1854. 16mo, unbound, untrimmed sheet folded. 16 pages. Penciled note from previous owner in margin. Near fine. Unlisted in Dillistin, and not present in any numismatic library sale of which we are aware. The ANS Library has an earlier edition printed in New York in 1849, but not the present edition. The 1849 first edition of Henry C. Foote's Universal Counterfeit Detector (see Signature Sale), has the copyright page under Gillet's name. Extremely rare."
Note: the scan of this item is faulty. The annotation in Newman's hand is preserved.
U.S. National Archives (Record Group 104, Entry 216, Letters Received from Branch Mints and Assay Offices, 1834-1873)
Description:
U.S. Mint correspondence from the National Archives & Records Administration (NARA), record group 104 (U.S. Mint), entry 216 (letters received from branch Mints), volume 11, covering January 1, 1854 to June 30, 1854.
Note, vols. 11 and 12 in this series were indexed together, this index appears at the beginning of this volume.
U.S. Mint circular, specifying prices paid for silver bullion and foreign coin. Extract from National Archives and Records Administration, record group 104 (U.S. Mint), entry 216 (letters received from branch Mints), volume 11. Courtesy of Roger W. Burdette.
U.S. National Archives (Record Group 104, Entry 216, Letters Received from Branch Mints and Assay Offices, 1834-1873)
Description:
U.S. Mint correspondence, scanned from the National Archives record group 104 (U.S. Mint), entry 216, volume 12, covering the period July 1, 1854 to November 10, 1854. Courtesy of Roger W. Burdette.
Note, this volume (no. 12) is presented in two parts, this is part one of two.
Volumes 11 and 12 in this series were originally indexed together. This index has been copied from volume 11 to the beginning of this volume.
U.S. National Archives (Record Group 104, Entry 216, Letters Received from Branch Mints and Assay Offices, 1834-1873)
Description:
U.S. Mint correspondence, scanned from the National Archives record group 104 (U.S. Mint), entry 216, volume 12, covering the period July 1, 1854 to November 10, 1854. Courtesy of Roger W. Burdette.
Note, this volume (no. 12) is presented in two parts, this is part two of two.
An index for for vols. 11 & 12 combined is at the beginning of volume 12, part one.
Numismatic selections from Scientific American: 1854. Old Coins - p155 (9 n 20); The New Three Dollar Gold Piece - p285 (9n 36); Over-Honest Silver Coin - p345 (9 n 44); Counterfeit Coin, 10/14; Protection of Bank Notes, 4/29; Bank Notes - A New Discovery Wanted, 2/11; Bank Note Paper, 3/25; Bank of England Notes, 10/7; Bank Note Paper, 3/25; Unalterable Bank Bills, 3/11.
U.S. National Archives & Records Administration (NARA), record group 104 (U.S. Mint), entry 1 (General Correspondence, 1792-1857), boxes 36 to 40, scanner images 2001 to 2152. Scanned under the direction of Robert W. Julian at the NARA Philadelphia facility, operating via a grant from the Central States Numismatic Society. Note, for correspondence, endorsements were generally not copied. Boxes 36 to 40 cover the period March 1854 to May 1855.
