 South Carolina. 1777 (December 23, 1776 Act). Three Dollars (£4:17:6). Oracle Vignette. FATA VIAM INVENIENT. No.2892. Four signatures. Signed by J.[ohn] McCall, Wm. Greenwood, Lightwood and Blake [to the right of the other three]. Printed on thick, coarse stock. Standard size, approximately 110mm by 75mm. Standard face style using border cuts with denominations, vignette seal and motto at the lower left. Ornamental printed back, denomination and imprint Printed by Peter Timothy, 1777. There were 10,000 notes printed. Like the $2 note above, this note has a ''remainder character'' to it. Limited circulation or only mishandled. About Extremely Fine. Vertical double fold left of center. Wide left sheet edge remains with the other margins normal. Lower right corner fold.
Ex Bi-Centennial Sale of Colonial Currency and Related Paper Americana (Harmer, Rooke Numismatists, Ltd., May 19, 1976, lot 573).
Called ''AU+'' in the sale catalogue and realized $145.00 at the time. An attendee at the sale, besides John Ford, was the
thirty-something Douglas B. Ball, at the time when NASCA was just ready to launch.
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