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1863 New Jersey Colonial Currency Reference Imprint Henry Phillips, Philadelphia

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1863 New Jersey Colonial Currency Reference Imprint Henry Phillips, Philadelphia
New Jersey Currency
"Catalogue of New Jersey Bills of Credit" by Henry Phillips
1863-Dated Civil War Period, Exceedingly Rare Colonial Currency Reference titled, "A CATALOGUE of New Jersey Bills of Credit, Comprising Their AMOUNTS, DENOMINATION, And The Names Of The Persons Appointed To Sign Them, From 1723 To 1780. By Henry Phillips, Jr.” printed by A. C. Kline, 824 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Very Fine.
Original Full Paper wrappers, with 8 pages, measuring 9.5” x 6”, Octavo. published by Kline in Philadelphia. Henry Phillips, Jr. (1838-1895) is also noted as being the “Author Of The Pennsylvania Paper Money.” Phillips' works on the paper currency of the American colonies and on American Continental money were the first on those subjects. His works have been cited by the United States Supreme Court in a decision on the "Legal Tender Cases." Among his writings may be mentioned: "History of American Colonial Paper Currency" (1865); "History of American Continental Paper Money" (1866); Pleasures of Numismatic Science" (1867); "Poems from the Spanish and German" (1878); "Faust" (1881); and four volumes of translations from the Spanish, Hungarian, and German (1884-87).

A very collectible, impossible to find original reference and as an original copy as not many of these were either printed or have survived due to their soft paper covers. Some light tone to the front upper cover, and overall a very solid, completely intact nice copy. This Civil War vintage imprint is certainly vastly more Rare than most of the notes it records! An amazing, perhaps “once in a lifetime opportunity” for New Jersey and Colonial Currency collectors alike, to acquire an original copy for their library.
Henry Phillips, Jr.:

Archeologist and Numismatist; born at Philadelphia Sept. 6, 1838; died June, 1895; son of Jonas Altamont Phillips. He was well known for his studies in folk-lore, philology, and numismatics, both in the United States and in Europe. Two gold medals were conferred upon him by Italian societies for his writings.

He was Treasurer (1862) and Secretary (1868) of the Numismatic and Antiquarian Society of Philadelphia, and a secretary (from 1880) and the librarian (from 1885) of the American Philosophical Society, as well as member of many other learned societies at home and abroad.

Phillips' works on the paper currency of the American colonies and on American Continental money were the first on those subjects. His works have been cited by the United States Supreme Court in a decision on the "Legal Tender Cases." Among his writings may be mentioned: "History of American Colonial Paper Currency" (1865); "History of American Continental Paper Money" (1866); Pleasures of Numismatic Science" (1867); "Poems from the Spanish and German" (1878); "Faust" (1881); and four volumes of translations from the Spanish, Hungarian, and German (1884-87).

See: Appleton's "Cyclopedia of American Biography," iv.; Henry S. Morais, "The Jews of Philadelphia," s.v.; Oscar Fay Adams, "A Dictionary of American Authors," p. 295, New York, 1897; "Proceedings of the American Philological Association," 1896).