 Provincial Convention of Maryland. July 26, 1775 (MDCCLXXV). Sixteen Dollars. No.50. Signed by J.(ohn) Brice and J.(ohn) Duckett. Printed on sturdy, slightly thick paper by F.(rederick) G.(reen), his initialed imprint on the back. 121mm by 62mm. Resolve for the manufacture of gunpowder. Allegorical representations on both sides. The face, from a woodcut by Thomas Sparrow, shows Britannia receiving petition (CONG PETI) of the Continental Congress from America, who tramples a scroll of SLAVERY. To the left is George III, trampling M.[AGNA] CHARTA and the ornate vignette is the burning of an American port under attack by the British fleet. At each end are mottoes AN APPEAL TO HEAVEN and PRO ARIS ET FOCIS (For altars and the hearth).
The back allegory is the achievement of peace between America and Britannia; motto on scroll below is PAX TRIUMPHIS POTIOR (Peace is preferable to victory). In the corners, clockwise from the upper left, are T.SPARROW, F.G., LIBERTY and 1775. Nearly Very Fine, problem-free except for some modest soil (more so on the back) and two petty edge slits (one at each end). There is a minor foxing area at the right text. The corners are rounded in slightly. A very sharp example of the highest denomination note of the eight different denominations authorized and emitted by the resolve. This example is the last available note from this series in the Ford-Boyd Collection. This note will certainly be a highlight in the next collection it resides in.
Ex F.C.C. Boyd Estate; T. James Clarke Collection; Henry Chapman.
Studying this note and others in the collection, it is possible that the higher denominations from this Act were printed on a slightly thinner paper than the lower denominations.
Newman only prices this series up to Fine condition (which in itself would be an achievement for any collector to obtain). This denomination shows a print run of 7,096 notes per Newman's data.
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