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Monograms
Coin: 4850
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Numismatic Collection
Firestone
Issue
2665
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Special Collections - Numismatics Collection
Coin 4850
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Benjamin Bettertno| William Kenly. Betterton in red ink. Visible flecks of mica.
Object Type
paper money
Denomination
16 Shillings
Metal
Paper
Region
United States of America
State
Pennsylvania
City
Philadelphia
Obverse Figure Description
Seal of Pennsylvania, black ink
Obverse Legend
SIXTEEN SHILLINGS. THIS BILL shall pass current for Sixteen Shillings, according to an ACT of GENERAL ASSEMBLY of the Common-Wealth of Pennsylvania, passed the Twentieth Day of March, in the Year One Thousand Seven Hundred and Seventy-seven. Dated the Tenth Day of April, A.D. 1777. SIXTEEN SHILLINGS.
Reverse Figure Description
Farm
Reverse Legend
Sixteen Shillings. | To COUNTERFEIT is DEATH. | PHILADELPHIA: Printed by JOHN DUNLAP. 1777.
Master
John Dunlap
Citations
Newman, Eric P. Newman, The Early Paper Money of America, 1997 p. 352
Shafer & Cuhaj, Neil Shafer, Standard Catalog of World Paper Money, 2002 p. 1150 S2585
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Newman
Shafer & Cuhaj
Coin Description
Size
104x64 in mm
Accession
Accession number: 1
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