 Massachusetts State. October 16, 1778. Two Pence. No.1083. Signed by Dawes. Revere Codfish Note. Printed on rigid, thick stock. 75mm by 70mm. Standard face and back designs, nearly identical to the October 18, 1776 Codfish bills. The face with text between two columns, encircled with denomination on a banner. At the top, a codfish vignette in oval cartouche, flanked by '17' and '78' over banner 'MASSACHUSETTS BAY'. Serial number space at the upper left and date at the right. The back with pine tree vignette, denomination above and imprint 'BOSTON [Gothic font], October [Gothic] 1776'. All surrounded in various pattern frames.
Choice About Uncirculated. There is heavy handling on the upper left corner and a dinged upper right. The face is bold and printed from a strong plate state. It centers on the paper well with a wide bottom margin. The back, like often seen, is skewed to the right, but completely on the paper. Right border elements of the note to the left show. Clean and bright. A lovely Codfish bill for a high end set of Colonial currency. Worth more than a ''dull plate'' new note in our opinion.
Ex F.C.C. Boyd Estate.
The face to back register on this series is generally ''off.'' They were flipping these sheets over for printing the other sides so fast, that it is a miracle that any well margined and centered examples exist at all.
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