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Current Money of Virginia. Act of Assembly passed April 5, 1759. Two Shillings and Six Pence

From Stack's January 2005 Auction, Session 2 on Jan 19, 2005

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Categories  •  Stack's January 2005 The John J. Ford, Jr. Collection, Part VIII Colonial American Paper Currency, Continental Currency and Related Fiscal Paper Virginia April 5, 1759 Act

Current Money of Virginia. Act of Assembly passed April 5, 1759. Two Shillings and Six Pence. No.17510....Current Money of Virginia. Act of Assembly passed April 5, 1759. Two Shillings and Six Pence. No.17510. Signed by John Randolph. Printed on frail laid paper. 80mm by 65mm. Uniface, printed in black from different cast cuts than previous issues by William Hunter. Ornamental cut at the left end, at the upper left are the Arms with motto EN DAT VIRGINIA QUARTAM (Behold Virginia contributes one quarter of the Arms). The date '1759' in the right end border cut. A rare and early issue date. Good or so. Quarter folded with splitting. Backed on very thin paper with staining across the left end. Better looking than it sounds and rare.

Lot # 1647 Session 2
Hammer Price: $220.00

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