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Recto_Pennsylvania_8 shillings_1777
Author	Dunlap, John (1747-1812) producer ; Pennsylvania, associated name
Title	Recto_Pennsylvania_8 shillings_1777
Description	Printed in red and black ink. Paper watermarked in two lines, "PENSYL VANIA". State seal in red ink. Verso: print of farm scene in red ink.
Date	1777 date QS:P571,+1777-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium	ink on paper
Dimensions	6.5 x 10.2 cm.
Collection	Harvard Business School
Current location	Baker Library
Accession number	MH:VIA W363903_urn-3:HBS.Baker.AC:1104452
Inscriptions	Inscription: "THIS Bill shall pass current for EIGHT 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. EIGHT SHILLINGS."Vers ; Verso: "Eight Shillings. To Counterfeit is DEATH. PHILADELPHIA: Printed by JOHN DUNLAP. 1777."
Notes	Pennsylvania, 8 shillings, 1777, 1777. Baker Library, Harvard Business School, Historical Collections, 1-39/1, Mss :78 C 1709-1868 976. American Currency Collection. Recto.
Source/Photographer	CURIOSity - American Currency: https://id.lib.harvard.edu/curiosity/american-currency/66-W363903_urn-3:HBS.Baker.AC:1104452
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