Perkins' bank bill test; : consisting of original impressions from the permanent stereotype steel plates of Massachusetts paper currency, executed in conformity to an act of the legislature, passed March 3 [ie., 4], 1809: : together with the standard check plate, which will apply equally to every bank in the United States which has adopted or which may adopt this principle.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Perkins, Jacob.

Contributor:

Massachusetts.

Series:

Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 18362.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Banks and banking--United States.

Banks and banking.

United States.

Paper money--United States.

Paper money.

Reproduction of money, documents, etc.

Counterfeits and counterfeiting.

Physical Description:

6 unnumbered pages, 3 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 32 cm

Place of Publication:

Newburyport, (Mass.) : Published by the proprietor, and for sale at the principal bookstsores in the United States. W. & J. Gilman, printers., 1809.

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

text file

Notes:

Promoting the adoption of uniform standards for the production of paper money, including the use of steel rather than copper for printing plates.

Signed on p. [4]: Jacob Perkins.

"Extract from the act requiring the several banks in the commonwealth of Massachusetts to adopt the stereotype steel plates."--verso of title page.

Electronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2004-2007] Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 18362).

Related Work:

Massachusetts. Act requiring the several incorporated banks in this commonwealth to adopt the stereotype plate in certain cases, and for other purposes.

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