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Lot 1379: JAMES M. DYE, Document Signed.

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Lot 1379: JAMES M. DYE, Document Signed.
<b>Miscellaneous Coins</b><hr><b>JAMES M. DYE, publisher of 'DyeÕs Government Counterfeit Detector.'</b>
Document Signed 'J. M. Dye', April 28, 1893, a receipt for 'DyeÕs Government Counterfeit Detector,' 3.2' x 6.5', Choice Extremely Fine. Nearly mint, but with a strip of glue and paper traces across the top of the reverse. Dye sold his 'Detector' under a subscription arrangement, this one for a yearÕs term. The reverse features 'Fluid Tests' for gold and silver coins, with the note that 'Any druggist can prepare these Compounds at a trifling expense to the purchaser.' A beautiful printed receipt, with aqua-colored graphics on front and back of an eagle, and of cherubs.