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The E-Sylum: Volume 9, Number 29, July 16, 2006, Article 22 ON THE NARAMORE SHEETS Past NBS President Michael J. Sullivan writes: "In response to the query on Naramore: No ? his photographic sheet is not complete. Here is a description from my collection. If anyone needs information on literature related to counterfeiting and/or counterfeit detection, I can usually help as my library is very deep in this area. Naramore, R[obert] C. Naramore's United States Treasury and National Bank Note Detector. Pocket Edition. Being Exact Copies of the Genuine Plates, Photographed from the Proof Sheets, By Permission of Hon. H. McCullouch, Secretary U.S. Treasury. Published by American Photograph Co., Bridgeport, Conn. [1866]. 18 individual 10 cm. x 6.3 cm Photographs, Housed in a Two Piece, Blue Cardboard Box with Gold Lettering. Unlisted in Dillistin. The 18 photographs include U.S. Notes: $1, $2, $5, $10, $20, $50, $100, $500, and $1000; and National Bank Notes: $1 (Pittsburgh National Bank of Commerce), $2 (Washington National Bank of Boston), $5 (National Union Bank of Swanton, Vermont), $10 (Second National Bank of Sandusky, Ohio), $20 (New York National Exchange Bank), $50 (New York National Exchange Bank), $100 (New York National Exchange Bank), $500 (Manufacturers National Bank of Philadelphia), $1000 (Fourth National Bank of City of New York). It is interesting to note Laban Heath's second edition counterfeit detector also published in 1866, illustrates a counterfeit $20 on the Fourth National Bank of City of New York. Printed on the back of the Naramore "cards" in purple ink "A Souvenir of the United States Treasury Notes and National Bank Notes, by Photographic Copies of the Circulating Notes issued by Act of Congress, Taken from Proof Impressions on file in the U.S. Treasury Depar't. Published by permission of Hon. H. McCullouch, Sec'y U.S. Treasury. Published by the American Photograph Co., Bridgeport, Conn. Entered according to Act of Congress In the year 1866, by R.C. Naramore, in the Clerk's Office of the Dist. Court of Connecticut. Davis auction sale 23 "The earliest use of photography in counterfeit detection, and tied with the Nathaniel Paine work on Massachusetts currency as the first American numismatic work using that technology. The images taken from unsigned proof sheets with the permission of Treasury Secretary McCullouch, appear in four forms: as a single sheet with the eighteen images arranged 3 x 6; with the single sheet mounted on a printed black card with a brass eyelet for hanging; on cards housed in a morocco pouch; and as offered in the rare original cardboard box." Naramore's were issued without text, limiting their usefulness to comparison and detection alone versus the educational approach employed by Foote, Gear, Eastman, Peyton, Heath, and Wilbur." Wayne Homren, Editor The Numismatic Bibliomania Society is a non-profit organization promoting numismatic literature. See our web site at coinbooks.org. To submit items for publication in The E-Sylum, write to the Editor at this address: whomren@coinlibrary.com To subscribe go to: https://my.binhost.com/lists/listinfo/esylum | |
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