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5 Shillings Colony of Pennsylvania

5 Shillings (Colony of Pennsylvania) - obverse5 Shillings (Colony of Pennsylvania) - reverse

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Features

Issuer Province of Pennsylvania (United States (pre-federal and private/territorial))
Period Colonial period (1607-1776)
Type Standard circulation banknotes
Year 1773
Currency Pound
Composition Paper
Size 90 × 70 mm
Shape Rectangular
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
406969
References P# S-2540
Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).

Obverse

Pennsylvania Coat of Arms at center. Value in columns at top, bottom and left border.

Scripts: Latin, Latin (cursive)

Lettering:
Five Shillings
According to an Act of General Assembly of Pennsylvania, passed in the 13th Year of the reign of his Majesty GEORGE the Third. Dated the 1st Day of October, 1773.
Five Shillings

Reverse

Agricultural scene at center.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
To Counterfeit is Death
Five Shillings.
Printed by HALL and SELLERS.

Printer

Hall & Sellers, United States

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
1773-Oct-01  G. Ambrosone/Reginald Rum/Benji Marshall

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