America became the world leader in bank note engraving by the 1860s. Through the American Bank Note Company, the United States system and style of bank note engraving provided bank notes for manyof the world's nations in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Mark Tomasko, a collector, author, and researcher on bank note engraving, will lay out the process of designing, engraving, andprinting bank notes and securities.

The presentation will be accompanied by samples of vignette artwork; bank note and securities models; vignette books; color books; engravers' tools; steel dies, transfer rolls and printing plates;and progressive proofs of vignettes, litho tints, and bank notes. The event will start at 1:00 with lunch, the talk will begin at 2:00, followed by Q & A. Please RSVP to Emma Pratte atmembership@numismatics.org or 212-571-4470, ext. 117. For more information on this talk, please visit the ANS website.

For more information, see:
http://numismatics.org/

For more on Mark's books, see these earlier E-Sylum articles:
NEW BOOK: THE FEEL OF STEEL - BANK NOTE ENGRAVING IN THE U.S. (http://www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v12n39a04.html)
NEW BOOK: IMAGES OF VALUE (http://www.coinbooks.org/v20/esylum_v20n09a03.html)