File:Heath's Greatly Improved and Enlarged Infallible Government Counterfeit Detector, at Sight (IA heathsgreatlyimp2ph1laba).pdf

Variety 2-P-h-1: Heath Counterfeit Detectors varied from edition to edition, and noted Numismatist Eric P. Newman, whose collection this particular Counterfeit Detector is from, developed a classification system to compare and describe their variety. This particular variety is described as follows: Second edition printed on title page and Introduction; Pocket size; 1866 copyright date; Cover with 8 line gold lettering in horizontal position; Title changed to HEATH'S GREATLY IMPROVED AND ENLARGED INFALLIBLE GOVERNMENT COUNTERFEIT DETECTOR AT SIGHT; Heath address is 20 WASHINGTON STREET, BOSTON; No agent or printer named; New Section XII offering Heath's Magnifying Glasses for sale; 33 pages of regular text and 6 pages of endorsements; Plates from first edition modified by renumbering 1 in place of 6, 3 in place of 1, 7 in place of 2, 8 in place of 5, 9 in place of 3, and 10 in place of 7. Method of modification hereafter designated; Plates 4 and 8 from first edition eliminated; Overprinted typeset plate numbers added to unnumbered plates 15 and 16; New plates numbered 2, 5, 4, 6, 11, 12, 13 and 14 contain an aggregate of 33 exclusively federal subjects which are described on page 4 as "about 50"; Modification of plates numbers accomplished by changing plate numbers before printing or by making new plates; Page 17 does not mention $5 National Currency and no such illustration is present; Page 27 does not mention fractional currency and no fractional currency illustrations are present.