ERIC NEWMAN ON NATURE PRINTING

"I was delighted to read the comments in The E-Sylum about nature printing. I have several large Bradbury prints on our bedroom wall to soothe me when I wake up thinking about a numismatic problem.

Unfortunately for Bradbury and those who describe his work they had never heard of the nature printing of Benjamin Franklin beginning in 1737 and used for decades thereafter. I wrote this matter up in The Numismatist of February 1964 entitled "Nature Printing on Colonial and Continental Currency." The only reason I call this to your attention is that Ben would have wanted it that way."

Wayne Homren, Editor

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The E-Sylum: Volume 3, Number 40, October 1, 2000, Article 9

ERIC NEWMAN ON NATURE PRINTING

Wayne Homren, Editor