South Carolina. March 6, 1776 Resolve. Two Shillings and Six Pence. No.2828[faded]. Signed by N. Russell and T.[homas] Jones. Printed on laid paper. Uniface. Typeset, vertical format note with ornamental frame. 45mm by 83mm. Black and orange texts with Hebrew and Greek letters used. Good. Split and rough in centers. Backed on contemporary paper and split again in half, rejoined with new ruled paper patch on back. Boyd pencil code on white paper strip, ''iyxy'';
Five Shillings. No.8421[faded]. Signed by Sam.[uel] Prioleau Jr. and Russell. Paper, format, and styles as last. 42mm by 78mm. Good. Split, dark and soiled on face. Backed on thick period paper, split and glued together. Sounds awful? Not really since, despite the low grade, these are very rare notes. 2 pieces.
Ex F.C.C. Boyd Estate.
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