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10 Shillings - State of Connecticut Replica
| Issuer | State of Connecticut |
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| Year | 1780 |
| Type | Replica banknote |
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| Obverse description | Typeset letterpress note with ornate floral and foliate border vignettes on all four sides, a small cornucopia-and-shield seal at lower left, and the full payment obligation text in period script and roman typeface. Two manuscript signatures appear at the bottom below the printed committee designation, with "COPY" overprinted at lower left. |
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| Reverse description | Plain unprinted reverse on aged yellowish paper stock, showing strong bleed-through of the obverse letterpress impression and border ornaments visible as a ghost image through the thin paper. |
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Connecticut's 1780 emissions were among the last issued by individual American states before the Continental Congress moved decisively to suppress competing paper currencies as part of broader financial reforms tied to Robert Morris's tenure as Superintendent of Finance. The original notes circulated alongside — and were frequently confused with — Continental Currency, both suffering the same catastrophic depreciation that had eroded public confidence in paper money throughout the Revolutionary War years.
This is a replica. Provenance and collectibility belong entirely to the original.