An excellent collection of Revolutionary War-era currency framed with a beautiful example of an 18th-century leather wallet. Items include: 

1. Maryland two-thirds of a dollar currency note. Engraved currency note. Numbered no. 517 and signed by J. Clapham McEddis to recto. Annapolis, Maryland: Anne Catherine Green and Frederick Green, 1774. 4 1/4 x 2 3/8 in. 

A note from Maryland's 10 April 1774 emission of paper money totaling $480,000 in indented bills. Featuring cut borders, charming manicule devices, and the state seal of Maryland. Sensationally, the final line of type on the verso reads: "'Tis DEATH to Counterfeit. Printed by A.C. and F. Green". 

Anne Catherine Hoof Green (ca. 1720-1775) was a Dutch immigrant who revived the dormant Maryland Gazette in 1745 with her husband Jonas Green (ca. 1720-1767). It became one of the first newspapers published in America, designating itself as an important source of news for Maryland colonists and an outspoken critic of British colonial policies. 

After Jonas died in 1767, Anne continued printing the Gazette and became the printer of the General Assembly, becoming one of the first female publishers in the colonies. Her son Frederick would join her in business. 

A beautiful fractional colonial note printed by one of America's first female printers and publishers. 

2. State of Massachusetts Bay $7 currency note. Engraved and letterpress printed in black and red. Recto signed by Thomas Walley, verso signed by R. Cranch. [Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]: Hall and Sellers, 1780.  2 3/4 x 3 9/16 in. 

A fine engraved bill issued as part of an emission of £394,000 ($1,313,333) in legal tender bills of credit payable in Spanish milled dollars with 5% interest by 31 December 1786. Notes were issued in denominations of $1, $2, $3, $4, $5, $7, $8, and $20. Printed by Hall & Sellers of Philadelphia using paper that featured a "United States" watermark. The recto includes border cuts by Henry Dawkins (fl. ca. 1753-1786). The verso includes border cuts and emblems from the Continental Currency issue of 14 January 1779, as well as additional cuts by Dawkins. This example is uncanceled. 

Most examples are stamped "Interest paid on [Year.]" with a cut cancellation. This example, however, is uncanceled and fully intact. 

3. Tooled leather wallet. 4 7/8 x 7 11/16 in. Matted and framed together with the currency notes (float framed) to 20 3/16 x 17 1/8 in. 

[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] [Manuscripts, Documents, Letters, Ephemera, Signatures, Autographs]

Not examined out of frame.