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Recto_Delaware_20 shillings_1776
Author
Adams, James (1724-1792) producer ; Delaware, associated name ; George III, King (1738-1820, English) associated name
Title
Recto_Delaware_20 shillings_1776
Description
Paper contains mica flakes and blue threads. Verso: print of standing sheaf of grain.
Date 1776
date QS:P571,+1776-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium ink on paper
Dimensions 8.9 x 7 cm.
Harvard Business School
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MH:VIA W363113_urn-3:HBS.Baker.AC:1083828
Inscriptions Inscription: "TWENTY SHILLINGS. THIS Indented Bill shall pass current for Twenty Shillings, according to an Act of General Assembly of the Counties of Newcastle, Kent and Sussex, upon Delaware, passed in the 15th Year of the Reign of His Majesty Geo. the 3d. Dated the 1st Day of Jan. 1776. XXs." ; Borders contain: "Twenty Shillings" ; Verso: "To Counterfeit is Death. Printed by JAMES ADAMS, 1776."
Notes Delaware, 20 shillings, 1776, 1776. Baker Library, Harvard Business School, Historical Collections, 1-17/1, Mss :78 C 1709-1868 976. American Currency Collection. Recto.
Source/Photographer CURIOSity - American Currency: https://id.lib.harvard.edu/curiosity/american-currency/66-W363113_urn-3:HBS.Baker.AC:1083828
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