Faking It

Robert C. Naramore. Naramore’s United States Treasury and National Banknote Detector. Bridgeport, Conn.: American Photograph Company, [1866?].

Composed of photographs of unsigned proof sheets of actual banknotes and authorized by the United States Treasurer, Naramore's is the first counterfeit detector to have used the photographic process. Because it lacked any textual explanation, however, his work was not considered as effective as his many competitors'.