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16 Shillings Colony of Pennsylvania
| Issuer | Colony of Pennsylvania |
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| Year | 1773 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | Letterpress-printed note in brown ink on laid paper, framed by a typographic border with columnar ornaments at left and right margins and a script denomination legend along the bottom edge. The central text block sets out the authorizing legislation in period typeface, citing the Act of General Assembly of Pennsylvania in the 13th year of George III, dated 20 March 1773, with the denomination "XVI s." and a small engraved armorial vignette at center right. Two manuscript signatures appear in the lower portion of the note. |
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| Obverse lettering | SIXTEEN SHILLINGS SIXTEEN Shillings According to an Act of General Aſſembly of Penn-ſylvania, paſſed in the 13th Year of the Reign of his majeſty GEORGE the Third. Dated the 20th Day of March, Anno Dom. 1773. B Sixteen Shillings |
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| Reverse lettering | SIXTEEN SHILLINGS To Counterfeit is DEATH. Printed by HALL and SELLERS. 1773. |
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