 Georgia. 1776. Twenty Spanish Milled Dollars. No.1376. Maroon seal. Rattlesnake. NEMO ME IMPUNE LACESSET. Maroon color scripts, 'GEORGIA' on each end. Signed by Telfair, Bard, Gibbons, O'Bryen and Ewen. A stunning note, rich in beauty and character. This note hails from the Affleck-Ball Collection, but did not get included in the auction sale. With the note is the cataloguing envelope (''NUMISMA'' style from New Netherlands Coin Co.) in Douglas Ball's hand for the note.
Choice Extremely Fine and perhaps finer. The maroon seal and script ends are toned to a very attractive chocolate brown and may have been so due to the content of ink color at manufacture. The embossing from the verso is as strong as seen on any Georgia seal note, particularly the ends. There is only a moderate vertical center fold and a long, light corner fold as circulation. We mention a tiny split on the bottom center that we recommend the future owner ignore. Very much worthy of intense competition. An awesome representative of the seal color type and for the highest caliber Georgia or any Colonial paper currency collection.
Ex Affleck-Ball Collection, privately.
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