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4 Dollars
| Issuer | Colony of Virginia |
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| Year | 1777 |
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| Value | 4 Dollars |
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| Obverse description | The face of this colonial emission is framed within a typographic border combining scrollwork and foliate ornament on all four sides, with an engraved allegorical vignette at left showing a standing female figure holding a spear and sword above the Virginia motto "SIC SEMPER TYRANNIS". The principal text, set in roman and italic letterpress, occupies the right portion of the note and specifies the note's value in Spanish milled dollars redeemable at the Treasury of Virginia pursuant to the Act of Assembly passed 20 October 1777. The denomination "iv Dol." appears at the foot of the note in letterpress, with two manuscript ink signatures at the lower right. |
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| Obverse lettering | FOUR SPANISH MILLED DOLLARS, or their Value in GOLD or SILVER, to be given in EXCHANGE for this Bill at the TREASURY of VIRGINIA, purſuant to ACT OF ASSEMBLY paſſed Oct 20, 1777 SIC SEMPER TYRANNUS iv Dol. |
| Reverse description | The reverse is entirely blank, consisting of the plain surface of the period handmade laid paper with no printed text, vignette, or ornamental device of any kind. |
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