1773 PENNSYLVANIA FOURTEEN SHILLING NOTE

1773 PENNSYLVANIA FOURTEEN SHILLING NOTE

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

Note is for 14 shillings; serial number 3344; plate B; issue date is March 20, 1773; signed by J. Steinmetz, H. Kepper Jr., and T. Shoemaker.

There are four borders on the front. The right column reads: "Light House XIV". The left column reads: "Piers and Buoys XIV". The front also contains the Penn family crest with the motto "Mercy / Justice." Colony name appears as "Pensylvania".

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

Has fold across the center but no pin holes. In good condition overall.  [jet] [ph:L]

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