US Treasury specimen book

An auction record from 1891 described a BEP specimen book with 103 engravings ("46 portraits and 57 vignettes") as either coming from the collection of Rev.

[6] A 1921 auction catalog documents the offering of a BEP specimen book which contained about 145 engravings ("about 100 portraits and 45 plates and views").

[24] The content of each album varies and may contain one or more of the following: portraits of presidents,[22] cabinet members,[21] founding fathers, government officials,[25] and Civil War generals;[23] vignettes and allegories found on various issues of US paper currency[24] and other government securities; and engravings of significant and historical architectural structures.

[21] The interior of a BEP presentation album is generally described as containing "intaglio die proof vignette pulls on thick gilt edged cards, each with intervening integral tissue guards for protection".

[19] The illustrations below come from a single two-volume presentation album reportedly given to Treasury Secretary Lyman Gage.