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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;gsalexan, post: 2199758, member: 24274&quot;]After a bit of research I&#039;ve narrowed down the possibilities. This is most likely from a Banking House version of &quot;Heath&#039;s Infallible Government Counterfeit Detector&quot; -- either the 12th or 13th, which came out in 1877 and 1878 and included plates like yours from the series 1875 U.S. Notes.</p><p><br /></p><p>Heath started publishing these detectors in 1864 and continued into the early 1880s, though the 13th edition was the last. There were smaller Pocket editions, which are more common, and a short lived Household edition which is among the hardest to find. And he did indeed use illustrations printed for him from government plates by the Bureau of Engraving and Printing.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Banking and Counting House editions were the largest and longest (and most expensive). Later editions contained numerous partial plates of all U.S. currency in circulation at the time. The Banking House editions showed about 2/3 of the left side of each note, the Pocket versions showed only 1/3 of the right side. I&#039;ve been unable to locate an image that matches your plate (which is Plate 4 -- PT.4.), but I&#039;ll post the counterpart from an 1877 Pocket edition.</p><p><br /></p><p>You can read a little more about these books <a href="http://www.pmgnotes.com/news/viewarticle.aspx?IDArticle=3677" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.pmgnotes.com/news/viewarticle.aspx?IDArticle=3677" rel="nofollow">here</a>, although the article lists inaccurate dates for the Banking House editions.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]428414[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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