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5 Pence Colony of Connecticut
| Issuer | Colony of Connecticut |
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| Year | 1777 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | The face is printed in black letterpress on grey-toned rag paper, with a diamond-pattern border running the full perimeter. At upper left and lower corners the denomination "5d." appears four times in the border area. Centre-left carries a square vignette of the Connecticut colonial coat of arms — a grapevine with three clusters above a shield bearing the motto "QUI TRANSTULIT SUSTINET" — enclosed in a decorative foliate frame with the legend "CONNECTICUT" and "OCTOBER" around its edge. To the right of the vignette, in mixed roman and italic type, appears the authorising text. A manuscript serial number in red ink is written at the top, and a commissioner's handwritten signature in red ink appears at the foot beside the printed word "Commi". |
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| Obverse lettering | 5d. No. 5d. FIVE PENCE. By Order of the General Assembly at Hartford,— Oct. 11, 1777. 5d. 5d. Commi |
| Reverse description | The reverse is entirely unprinted, presenting the plain surface of the coarse grey rag paper stock, consistent with Colonial-era fractional currency practice of leaving the back blank. |
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