 Colony of the Massachusetts Bay. May 25, 1775. Six Shillings. No.758. Signed by Foster and Gardner. Revere Copper Plate Note. Printed on laid paper. 170mm by 80mm. The lowest denomination on the series with a slightly greater print run according to the authorization records. For the most part, the Revere Copper Plate notes were subjected to much folding and the majority of known examples in today's collections are split in various ways from the folding on the fairly thicker laid paper used for the series. This is a strong note for the issue. Printed from a fairly early plate state with excellent details. Most of the left indent is present. Choice Very Fine and for a note of this type, some may classify it as ''Extremely Fine''. Bright and vivid with clean face surfaces. Great paper body. There is some vertical splitting on the center fold that is paper strip repaired on the back. The ''Gardner'' signature has light red pen cancels across it. A superb example and a fitting beginning to these Ford-Boyd Revere notes.
There were 4,660 notes of this denomination emitted and 4,333 each of the other eight denominations.
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