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V11 2008 INDEX
E-SYLUM ARCHIVE
1876 HASELTINE ON CONFEDERATE NOTES: ORIGINAL VS. UNIDENTIFIED FACSIMILE
Last week Fred Reed initiated a census of four
rare works on Confederate currency, including John W. Haseltine's
Descriptive Catalogue of Confederate Notes and Bonds, 1876. I
published an image of the copy in my library, which is reprinted
here.George Kolbe writes:
Your "1876" Haseltine looks like it may be the
unidentified facsimile reprint (the double-rule border does not look like
the original, nor does the color and texture of the cover appear to be
'right').
A Large Paper copy is featured in my January 10, 2009 sale. I believe the printing is identical to the regular 1876 edition.
A Large Paper copy is featured in my January 10, 2009 sale. I believe the printing is identical to the regular 1876 edition.
What George says makes sense. I wasn't aware of a reprint,
but having seen many publications of the 1876 era, I would agree with
George that my copy doesn't quite look "right". Just as with coins, it
pays to see in person as many items as you can to become familiar with the
appearance and diagnostics of genuine and imitation items. I did not
purchase this copy from anyone who passed it off as an original. I don't
recall where I bought it, but it was probably part of a larger
accumulation.
George added the following notes on how to identify the Haseltine reprint:
1) It is printed by an offset process, not the
letterpress or stereotype method used at the time, i.e., printed from type
which is impressed into the paper, whereas offset printing deposits the
ink on the surface of the paper;
2) The paper and cover stock is quite different from that manufactured in the nineteenth century;
3) the cover border already mentioned (in the original the inner line is quite thin and was probably too difficult to replicate with the technology of the time and in the reprint both lines are of similar width).
2) The paper and cover stock is quite different from that manufactured in the nineteenth century;
3) the cover border already mentioned (in the original the inner line is quite thin and was probably too difficult to replicate with the technology of the time and in the reprint both lines are of similar width).
Wayne Homren, Editor
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