This one of £12,000 in bills of credit authorized for the construction of the Cape Henlopen Lighthouse and related buoys and piers.

Bill is for 4 shillings; serial number 1885; plate A; issue date is March 30, 1773; signed by B. Shoemaker.

There are four borders on the front. Across the top reads: "Light House IV Shill". Across the bottom reads: "Piers and Buoys IV Sh". The side columns read “Four Shillings”. The front also contains the Penn family arms with the motto "Mercy Justice." Colony name appears as "Pensilvania".

The back displays a cut of a lighthouse with the denomination of the bill incised in the plate in arabic numerals, found in the lower left corner of the picture. Printed by Hall and Sellers in Philadelphia on paper containing mica flakes.

Two old folds (horizontal and vertical), some wear and soiling.  [jet]

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