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Auction: 317 - The Collector's Series
Lot: 275

Boxed Pocket Edition of Naramore's National Bank Note Detector. Eighteen sepia gold framed Naramore photographic cards in the original green and gold box. The box states "NARAMORE'S United States Treasury and National Bank Note Detector. POCKET EDITION. National Bank Note Detector. BEING EXACT COPIES OF GENUINE PLATES, Photographed from the Proof Sheets. BY PERMISSION OF HON. H. McCULLOUCH, Secretary U. S. Treasury, PUBLISHED BY AMERICAN PHOTOGRAPH CO. BRIDGEPORT, CONN. GEO S. LESTER, New Haven, Conn. GENERAL AGENT. The cards have violet backs. The set should consist of $1, 2, 5, 10, 20, 50, 100, 500 and 1,000 "Treasury Notes" and $1, 2, 5, 10, 20, 50, 100, 500 and 1,000 National Bank Notes, but an error was made in assembling the set. It contains two $1,000 "Treasury Notes" and is missing a $500 Treasury note. The box is a bit scuffed. The cards are virtually new, but they are slightly curved. Rarely encountered as a boxed set.

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$625