 Mayor, Alderman and Commonalty of the City of New-York. August 25, 1774 Water Works Issue. One Shilling. No.3207. Signed by Whitehead Hicks and J. Watts, Jr. Printed on two part stock, the face thin white and the back coarse brown board. Typeset, red banner at top. Black texts with red denomination. Back with Christopher Colles' steam operated pump. Imprint 'Printed by H. Gaine' at the left. Choice About Uncirculated, very petty handling rubs. Bold and vivid. Boyd penciled price code upper right back corner ('nr'=35 cents!);
Four Shillings. No.4425. Signed by Jacob Lefferts and Jno. Cruger. Printed thinner stock. Style as last. Extremely Fine. The color slightly off. Face toning spot showing through to the back and a back ink blot. Ex Clarke; Eight Shillings. No.2443. Signed by Hicks and Watts, Jr. Thinner paper as last. Red banner and border ornaments. About Extremely Fine. Some surface soiling. An excellent trio of notes. 3 pieces.
Ex F.C.C. Boyd Estate.
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