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.

Author/creator Perkins, Jacob
Other author Massachusetts
Format Electronic
Publication InfoNewburyport, (Mass.) : Published by the proprietor, and for sale at the principal bookstsores in the United States. W. & J. Gilman, printers, 1809.
Description6 unnumbered pages, 3 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 32 cm
Supplemental ContentShaw-Shoemaker Digital Edition
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SeriesEarly American imprints. Second series no. 18362. ^A575643
General notePromoting the adoption of uniform standards for the production of paper money, including the use of steel rather than copper for printing plates.
General noteSigned on p. [4]: Jacob Perkins.
General note"Extract from the act requiring the several banks in the commonwealth of Massachusetts to adopt the stereotype steel plates."--verso of title page.
References Shaw & Shoemaker 18362
Other formsMicroform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series.
Reproduction noteElectronic 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).

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