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A historic assortment of lots carefully curated to celebrate the 250th anniversary of American independence, bringing together significant artifacts, documents, and objects that illuminate the people, events, and ideals that shaped the nation’s founding and early development.
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Lot 61

[COLONIAL CURRENCY] 19 Oct. 1776 $8 South Carolina Colonial Note SC-133

Estimate: $500 - $750
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$100

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SC-133. 19 October 1776 South Carolina $8 (£13) note. Printed 1776. Serial no. 688. Printing to recto and verso. Signed by John Berwick and Peter Bocquet, Jr. 3 11/16 x 2 3/4 in. 

 

Rare colonial currency $8 note in extremely fine condition, with circular vignette showing wind on a rock with the legend "IMPAVIDE" (fearlessly). Printed on thick brown paper with the verso typset. £130,000 ($80,000) in Bills of Credit were authorized by the South Carolina General Assembly on 19 October 1776 to be legal tender in South Carolina Currency at the rate of 32s6d for one Spanish milled dollar. 

 

References:

Bruce Hagen & Stuart Levine. Continental and Colonial Currency. 


Eric P. Newman. The Early Paper Money of America. 

 

[Currency, Tokens, Medals,  Numismia, Numismatics, Exonumia, Bonds, Coins, Banknotes] [American Revolutionary War, American Revolution, Founding Fathers, Declaration of Independence, Colonial America, George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Alexander Hamilton, James Monroe] 

Slabbed and graded by Paper Money Guaranty (PMG) as "53 About Uncirculated".  

 

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