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Lot #192
Continental Currency

Colonial currency, including a note printed by Ben Franklin

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Colonial currency, including a note printed by Ben Franklin

Collection of fourteen notes of colonial currency, including: a Pennsylvania 10 shilling note, June 18, 1764, printed by Benjamin Franklin, reading, “Printed by B. Franklin and D. Hall”; a Maryland $1 note, dated April 10, 1774; Maryland notes dated December 7, 1775, for “half a dollar,” “two thirds of a dollar,” and “one dollar and one third”; Maryland notes dated August 14, 1776, in denominations of $1, $2, $4, and $8; a State of Massachusetts Bay $5 note, May 5, 1780. An additional four bills of Continental currency are affixed to a mount, including: a $5 note dated November 29, 1775; an $8 note dated February 26, 1777; a $30 note dated January 14, 1779; and a $65 note dated January 14, 1779. In overall good to very good condition, with various soiling, creasing, folds, and wear.

Auction Info

  • Auction Title: Fine Autographs And Artifacts
  • Dates: #473 - Ended April 13, 2016