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40 Shillings Colony of Connecticut
| Uitgever | Colony of Connecticut |
|---|---|
| Jaar | 1775 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Beschrijving keerzijde | The reverse carries a nature-print impression of a leaf or botanical element serving as the primary anti-counterfeiting device, a technique widely adopted across colonial American issues of the period. Surrounding the nature-print are typeset ornamental devices and a printed penalty clause warning against forgery, executed in the same letterpress manner as the face. |
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| Beveiligingstype | Nature print |
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| Opmerkingen |
Connecticut's colonial legislature authorized this emission in June 1775, less than two months after the battles at Lexington and Concord. The timing was not coincidental — the colony needed hard currency to fund militia mobilization, and paper was the only practical answer given the near-total disappearance of specie from circulation.
The nature print border, produced by pressing actual leaves against the plate, was Benjamin Franklin's anti-counterfeiting innovation, widely adopted across the colonial emissions. Each impression is botanically unique, which made forgery genuinely difficult for the period.