Apr 13, 2023 - Sale 2633

Sale 2633 - Lot 21

Price Realized: $ 1,375
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 600 - $ 900
(AMERICAN REVOLUTION--CURRENCY.) 10 pieces of paper currency issued in the mid-Atlantic states early in the war. Printed notes, each around 3 inches, signed by various committee members; generally worn except as noted. Various places, 1775-1777
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Delaware: Twenty Shillings. [Wilmington, DE]: James Adams, 1 May 1777.

New Jersey: Eighteen Pence and Three Shillings, both in strong condition. Burlington, NJ: Isaac Collins, 25 March 1776.

Pennsylvania: Twenty Shillings, in strong condition. [Philadelphia]: Hall & Sellers, 25 October 1775.

Pennsylvania: Forty Shillings, in strong condition. [Philadelphia]: Hall & Sellers, 8 December 1775.

Pennsylvania: Forty Shillings, this one worn. [Philadelphia]: Hall & Sellers, 8 December 1775.

Pennsylvania: Half a Crown. [Philadelphia]: Hall & Sellers, 25 April 1776.

Pennsylvania: One Shilling. Philadelphia: John Dunlap, 10 April 1777.

Pennsylvania: Forty Shillings. Philadelphia: John Dunlap, 10 April 1777.

Virginia: Eight Spanish Milled Dollars. No place, 20 October 1777.


With--One colonial note from Maryland: One Dollar. [Annapolis, MD]: A.C. [Anne Catherine] & F. Green, 10 April 1774.

One post-war Pennsylvania state note: Eighteen pence. Philadelphia: Francis Bailey, 16 March 1785.