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5 Shillings Colony of Pennsylvania
| Issuer | Colony of Pennsylvania |
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| Year | 1773 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | The Pennsylvania Coat of Arms appears as a central vignette, framed by typeset value designations arranged in columns along the top, bottom, and left border. The overall layout is executed in letterpress with ornamental border elements typical of colonial-era currency. The denomination and legislative authority are set in period typography within the body of the note. |
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| Obverse lettering | Five Shillings According to an Act of General Assembly of Pennsylvania, passed in the 13th Year of the reign of his Majesty GEORGE the Third. Dated the 1st Day of October, 1773. Five Shillings |
| Reverse description | A woodcut vignette occupies the central field, rendered in a bold letterpress style typical of colonial American currency, illustrating a rural landscape with ploughed agricultural fields receding toward a horizon with a rising sun and trees in the middle distance. The denomination "FIVE SHILLINGS" is set in large display type immediately above the vignette, below the anti-counterfeiting warning legend, and the printer's imprint appears at the foot of the note. An ornamental foliate and scrollwork typographic border frames all four sides. |
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