The Universal Counterfeit and Altered Bank Note Detector, at Sight. Henry C. Foote

      Published by Good Press, 2019

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      EAN 4064066136147

      Table of Contents

       INTRODUCTION.

       RULES

       PREFACE TO THE FOURTH EDITION.

       RULES.

       RULE I. THE GEOMETRIC LATHE. (Infallible when imitated.)

       RULE II. RULING ENGINE. (Infallible when Imitated.)

       RULE III. MEDALLION OR PENTOGRAPH RULING. (Infallible when Imitated.)

       RULE IV. VIGNETTES—A GENERAL RULE. Faces, Eyes, Stippling, Hair, Drapery, Limbs, Scenery, &c.

       RULE V. LETTERING, AND ENGRAVERS’ NAMES.

       RULE VI. SIGNATURES AND FILLING UP.

       RULE VII. PAPER AND GENERAL APPEARANCE.

       ANASTATIC TRANSFERS, OR LITHOGRAPHY.

       ALTERATIONS FROM BROKEN BANKS. THE “MAGIC THREE.”

       ALTERED DENOMINATIONS.

       OLD-STYLE PLATES.

       THE PIECING OPERATION.

       SUMMING UP. PRACTICAL APPLICATION OF THE RULES.

       THE STEEL-PLATE ILLUSTRATION.