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48 Livres

Issuer Trésorier des Colonies (Treasury of the Colonies), Quebec
Year 1753
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Value 48 Livres
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Obverse description Unilateral card money issue inscribed at upper centre with the header 'COLONIES 1753' and the denomination '48' at upper left. The body of the note carries a handwritten and partially engraved text in French stating the obligation of the King to reimburse the bearer the sum of forty-eight livres, referencing the Treasury submission and dated at Quebec, '6 Janvier 1753', with a manuscript signature below. A handwritten serial number 'N° 9441' appears in the upper portion, and a tally notation in Roman numerals is visible in the lower margin.
Obverse lettering 48 COLONIES 1753
Dépenses générales.
N° 9441
IL sera tenu compte par le Roi, au mois d'octobre prochain, de la somme de Quarante huit livres valeur en la soûmission du Trésorier, restée au bureau du contrôle.
A Québec, le 6 Janvier 1753
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Variants P#S116 - 1753
P#S116 - 1758
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