Paper 4 pound of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia (Pa.), 1777. 0000.999.29466

Canonical URI: http://numismatics.org/collection/0000.999.29466

Physical Description

  • Axis: 3
  • Color: black, red

  • Conservation State

  • Measurements

    • Height: 63
    • Width: 99
  • SerialNumber: 2561
  • Shape: Rectangle

  • Watermark

Typological Description

  • Object Type: Paper currency
  • Date: 1777

  • Date on Object

    • Date: April 10, 1777
  • Denomination: 4 pound
  • Manufacture: Printed
  • Material: Paper

  • Authority

  • Geographic

  • Obverse

    • Legend: FOUR POUNDS. \ THIS BILL shall pass current for FOUR POUNDS, \ according to an ACT of GENERAL ASSEMBLY \ of the Common Wealth of Pennsylvania, passed the Twen- \ tieth day of March, in the Year One Thousand Seven \ Hundred and Seventy-seven. Dated the tenth day of April, A. D. 1777. \ FOUR POUNDS. [x4]
    • Type: Seal of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

  • Reverse

    • Legend: FOUR Pounds. | [To Counterfeit] is DEATH. | PHILADELPHIA: \ Printed by JOHN DUNLAP. \ 1777.
    • Type: Farming scene

References

Administrative History

  • Identifier: 0000.999.29466
  • Department: North American
  • Collection: American Numismatic Society

Subjects

  • Series: Pennsylvania--Paper Money

Notes

  • With backer, a Philadelphia newspaper from 1781.

Rights

  • CopyrightHolder: American Numismatic Society
  • License: Public Domain Mark (images)
  • Rights: No Copyright - United States

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