Paper 10 shilling of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia (Pa.), 1785. 1982.163.62

Canonical URI: http://numismatics.org/collection/1982.163.62

Physical Description

  • Axis: 3
  • Color: black

  • Measurements

    • Height: 61
    • Width: 99
  • SerialNumber: [illegible]
  • Shape: Rectangle

Typological Description

  • Object Type: Paper currency
  • Date: 1785

  • Date on Object

    • Date: March 16, 1785
  • Denomination: 10 shilling
  • Manufacture: Printed
  • Material: Paper

  • Authority

  • Geographic

  • Obverse

    • Legend: One Dollar \ and \ One Third. \ Ten Shillings. | THIS BILL by LAW \ shall pass current for TEN \ SHILLINGS, within the Com- \ monwealth of PENNSYLVANIA, ac- \ cording to an ACT of the General As- \ sembly, passed at Philadelphia the 16th \ day of March, Anno DOMI- \ NI one thousand seven hun- \ dred and eighty- five. \ Ten Shillings. Penn. Currency. | STATE \ OF \ PENN SYL \ VANIA \ TEN \ SHILLINGS CURRENCY | TEN SHI | PENN \ TEN \ SYLVANIA \ SHILLINGS \ X | Francis Bailey Printer

  • Reverse

    • Legend: Ten Shillings | To Counterfeit is Death. | PHILADELPHIA: \ Printed by \ FRANCIS BAILEY
    • Type: Nature print

References

Administrative History

  • Identifier: 1982.163.62
  • Department: North American
  • Collection: American Numismatic Society

  • Provenance

    • B. Godard

Subjects

  • Series: Pennsylvania--Paper Money

Rights

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

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