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| Issuer | Colony of New Jersey |
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| Year | 1776 |
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| Printer | Isaac Collins |
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| Obverse description | The upper portion carries a decorative calligraphic header reading 'One Shilling and Six Pence' with '1S6' at right, enclosed within an ornate letterpress border, with the denomination 'Eighteen PENCE' printed in red ink at the top. The authorizing text in mixed roman and italic typefaces cites the Colony of New-Jersey and the reign of King George the Third, dated March 25, 1776. At lower left, a red-ink vignette of the New Jersey Coat of Arms shows two heraldic supporters flanking a crowned shield, with two manuscript signatures appearing to the right. |
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| Reverse lettering | Eighteen Pence. To counterfeit is Death. Burlington in NEW JERSEY Printed by Isaac Collins, 1776. |
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| Protection description | Leaf nature-print on reverse, produced by pressing an actual plant leaf onto the printing plate, creating a unique venation pattern impossible to counterfeit accurately — a technique developed by Benjamin Franklin. |
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