 Province of Pennsylvania. March 10, 1769. Two Shillings and Six Pence or Half-A-Crown. ''Bettering House Money.'' Plate B. No.8444. Signed by Stephen Collins, Luke Morris, and James Penrose [?, lightly penned]. Printed on thinner coarse stock. Standard large vertical format Pennsylvania size, approximately 75mm by 90mm. Uniface, typeset face with border cuts and Penn Arms at upper left side. Typical grade for the series. Good to Very Good. Mostly all there, but split at the right with a small piece out. Soiled as typical for the grade;
Five Shillings or A Crown. Plate D. No.2644. Signed by Thomson, Rhoads Jr., and Jacob Lewis. Printed on thicker, coarser stock. Standard horizontal Pennsylvania size and format, approximately 88mm by 75mm. Typeset with border cuts, Penn Arms at upper left side. Nature print back and Hall and Sellers imprint, date '1769'. About Fine. Hard quarter folds. Aged and a bit dark. Some splitting, but still crisp and specks of still reflecting mica. Trimmed closely with rounded corners. 2 pieces.
Ex F.C.C. Boyd Estate.
The paper stock used on the two sided notes is much thicker than used on the uniface, lower denomination notes. The horizontal format notes were generally used on the Crown and Half-A-Crown notes with this style going back to the earlier series printed by Franklin and Hall.
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