Olde City Numismatics Collectible Currency

Olde City Numismatics
P.O. Box 905
Morrisville, PA. 19067

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Early Paper Money of America

Continental Congress Issues
U.S. Colonial Notes

Continental Congress Issues

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Images	Date	State	Denom	Signatures	Serial #	Grade	Price
	Sept 26, 1778	PA	50 Dollars	John Leacock William Stretch	208939	Ch XF	$235.00
A very attractive, lightly circulated example with good margins and bold signatures and serial numbers.
	Jan 14, 1779		35 Dollars	James Dundas John Read	120263	AU	$375.00
A super specimen from the last Continental issue with bold signatures and wonderful margins. This is the only Continental issue that includes a $35 denomination.
	Sept 26, 1778		20 Dollars	None	None	PMG AU 55	$275.00
Here is a great example of a Counterfeit Detector Note. These notes were made available to vendors during colonial times to help them determine the authenticity of notes passing in commerce. It was printed on blue paper so it could not be falsely signed, numbered and then circulated as real currency.

U.S. Colonial Notes

Connecticut
Delaware
Maryland
New Jersey
New York
North Carolina
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
Virginia

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Pennsylvania Statehouse

*Connecticut*
Images	Date	Denom	Signatures	Serial #	Grade	Price
	Oct 11, 1777	5 Pence	John Chester	Illegible	CU	$140.00
A lovely low denomination Connecticut colonial with the scarce signature of John Chester.
*Delaware*
Images	Date	Denom	Signatures	Serial #	Grade	Price


*Maryland*
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*New Jersey*
Images	Date	Denom	Signatures	Serial #	Grade	Price
	March 25, 1776	18 Pence	Jonathan Johnston Robert Smith Joseph Smith	18760	CU	$275.00
The bold embossing is well punched through and the face emblem is finely detailed on this attractive NJ colonial.
*New York*
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*North Carolina*
Images	Date	Denom	Signatures	Serial #	Grade	Price
	December 1771	One Pound	Richard Caswell Lewis DeRosset John Harvey John Rutherfurd	8730	PCGS XF 45 PPQ	$350.00
This note contains the constellation Ursa Minor along with dark signatures and several endorsements.
*Pennsylvania*
Images	Date	Denom	Signatures	Serial #	Grade	Price
	Oct 1, 1773	50 Shillings	Alexander Tod James Hartley Joseph Mifflin	1062?	Ch CU	$295.00
This is a truly lovely note with dark printing, bold signatures and super centering.
	April 10, 1775	5 pounds	Job Bacon Lindsay Coats Edward Roberts	2704	AU	$325.00
Here's a popular Workhouse Note with a view of the city jail of Philadelphia on the reverse. This exceptional note has strong embossing, superb margins and bold color.
	July 20, 1775	40 Shillings	John Benezet Samuel Morris Lambert Cadwalader	4076	Ch XF	$150.00
A much scarcer date, this desirable example possesses perfect margins and superb paper quality.
	April 10, 1777	6 Pence	Robert Loller	117587	AU	$180.00
A lightly circulated specimen that has superb print quality and a bold signature.
*Rhode Island*
Images	Date	Denom	Signatures	Serial #	Grade	Price
	July 2, 1780	2 Dollars	Adam Comstock Caleb Harris	3507	Very Ch CU	$250.00
This is a super legal tender "Bils of Credit" note carrying a 5% interest rate. Issued by the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, this obligation was payable in Spanish milled Dollars. It is bright and beautifully printed.
	May 1786	5 Shillings	Jonathan Hazard N. Knight	7771	Ch New	$225.00
This bright and attractive note has a bit of history behind it. The May, June and Aug 1786 Acts allowed the legal tender provisions to be enforced by the courts using summary judgments rather than by jury trials. In the subsequent lawsuit of Trevett v. Weeden, it was ruled that the law was invalid and from that point forward the common law principle of trial by jury was a fundamental right of all United States citizens.
*Virginia*
Images	Date	Denom	Signatures	Serial #	Grade	Price
	May 4, 1778 (Printed Date)	$10	L. Wood James Wray	1332	PCGS XF 40	$475.00
This thick paper example with printed date carries the State insignia and two signatures. Eric Newman writes of this series, "A two letter control system in the upper left hand corner was introduced and constitutes the first use in America of series designations in combination with numbering of paper money. The date was typeset and inserted into the cast cuts of the engraved text."