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Maryland. April 10, 1774. One Ninth of a Dollar or Six Pence Sterling

From Stack's October 2006 Atlanta Auction on Oct 4, 2006

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Categories  •  Stack's October 2006 Atlanta The John J. Ford, Jr. Collection: Part 15 Colonial Paper Currency Maryland April 10, 1774

Maryland. April 10, 1774. One Ninth of a Dollar or Six Pence Sterling. No.11220. Signed by W.[illiam]...Maryland. April 10, 1774. One Ninth of a Dollar or Six Pence Sterling. No.11220. Signed by W.[illiam] Eddis and J.[ohn] Clapham. Printed on sturdy stock, slightly thinner than the 1767 issue. Size and style as previous issue dates. Imprint 'Printed by A.C. and F. Green'. Extremely Fine to About Uncirculated, heavy handling on the corners. Trimmed closely. High grade for this; One Sixth of a Dollar or Nine Pence Sterling. No.7410. Signers as last. Very Fine, back soiling; Two Ninths of a Dollar or One Shilling Sterling. No.11160. Signed by Clapham and Eddis. Fine to Very Fine. Bright on the face, but several creases;

Half a Dollar of Two Shillings Three Pence Sterling. No.11145. Signers as last. About Extremely Fine. Light crease, fold and handling. Wide upper corner sheet margins. Choice for the note which was a ''work horse'' in commerce; Two Thirds of a Dollar or Three Shillings Sterling. No.11175. Signed by Eddis and Clapham. Extremely Fine or better. Right side sheet folds. Lightly toned. Also, a very sharp note. A premium group of notes from the core Ford-Boyd-Raymond holdings. 5 pieces.

William Eddis' collection of letters was reprinted by Harvard in the 1960's as Letters from America. It was a picture of 1770's period Annapolis including a description of the building where these notes were signed and issued. This building is still in the shadows of the Statehouse.

Lot # 8146 
Hammer Price: $800.00

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