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Miscellaneous Coins: JAMES M. DYE, publisher of "Dye's Government Counterfeit Detector." Document S

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Miscellaneous Coins: JAMES M. DYE, publisher of  Dye's Government Counterfeit Detector.   Document S
JAMES M. DYE, publisher of "Dye's Government Counterfeit Detector." Document Signed "J. M. Dye", April 28, 1893, a receipt for "Dye's 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 year's 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.