 Colony of the Massachusetts Bay. June 18, 1776. Four Dollars or Twenty Four Shillings. No.1839. Payable on June 18, 1778. Signed by W. Palfrey and S. Carlton. Printed on coarse paper. 80mm by 105mm. The standard design for the series: within an arch styled cartouche is a small vignette, to the left of the text, of a patriot brandishing sword in right hand and holding draft of Magna Carta [text not printed on the broadside, but initialed 'M-A'/C-A'] in left. Obligation text with due date enclosed. On the back perpendicular denomination text between two sets of double lines.
Proper diagnostics, genuine and rare as such. This denomination was subjected to much counterfeiting. The face text diagnostics are different than the counterfeit we catalogued in Ford X (lot 4682). The 'B' in 'BILL', the 'B' in 'Bearer' over the large 'T' in 'TWENTY', and the 'T' in 'Treasury' over the '1' in '18th' are all properly aligned. A choice example on the series and type. Wide margins at the left, top and bottom. Extremely Fine. A soft fold across center and bottom, handling confined to the lower margin and left corner. Trimmed closely at the right with a bottom left corner pinhole. A lovely example.
Ex F.C.C. Boyd Estate.
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