18 Pence Colony of New Jersey

Issuer New Jersey
Year 1776
Type Standard circulation banknote
Value 18 Pence (⅓)
Currency Pound
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Size 100 × 57 mm
Shape Rectangular
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Obverse description The New Jersey Coat of Arms.
Obverse lettering Eighteen PENCE THIS Bill of ONE SHILLING and SIX-PENCE Proclamation, is emitted by a Law of the Colony of New-Jersey, passed in the Fourteenth Year of the Reign of his Majesty King George the Third. Dated March 25, 1776. Eighteen pence.
Reverse description A plant leaf. This process of illustrating banknotes from a real leaf was developed by Benjamin Franklin to discourage counterfeiting.
Reverse lettering Eighteen Pence. To counterfeit is Death. Burlington in NEW JERSEY Printed by Isaac Collins, 1776.
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Variants January 2, 1911
Numisquare ID 6167885570
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