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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;RickieB, post: 774848, member: 2486&quot;]Jarrid:</p><p><br /></p><p>What I recommend to you is the 6th Edition (or later) of the encyclopedia of United States Postage and Fractional currency by: Milton R. Friedburg.</p><p><br /></p><p>This text covers all the aspects of Fractionals and I personally do not purchase a fractional without referencing this great work.</p><p><br /></p><p>Spencer Morton Clark is also known to have developed the&nbsp; &quot;Bronzing&quot; (fine brass shavings with horse glue from what I have read.) on the fractionals as a counterfeit deterrent, all fractionals were heavily counterfeited as have been the majority of notes produced by the BEP.</p><p>That is an entirely different area that I am just beginning to look into...the ink development, the papers, the presses, the plates, the engraving, drawings, man it is mind boggling when you start to think about the vast area of counterfeiting.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Regards,</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>RickieB[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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