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6 Shillings Colony of New Jersey
| Issuer | Colony of New Jersey |
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| Year | 1776 |
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| Printer | Isaac Collins |
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| Obverse description | Lower left carries the British royal coat of arms printed in red ink, serving as an underprint device; lower centre presents six crowns with a half-sun motif in black letterpress. Denomination, issue date of March 25, 1776, and manuscript signatures appear in the lower right, with the full statutory text authorising emission under the fourteenth year of King George III's reign occupying the main field. |
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| Obverse lettering | SIX SHILLINGS. No. THIS Bill of SIX SHILLINGS Proclamation, is emitted by a Law of the Colony of New-Jersey, passed in the Fourteenth Year of the Reign of his Majesty King GEORGE the Third. Dated MARCH 25, 1776 |
| Reverse description | A horizontal band of zodiac symbols runs across the top of the note, with a central nature-print leaf vignette occupying the middle field. Decorative swirl borders frame the lateral edges, while a row of crown devices appears beneath the leaf, flanked at each end by a floral ornament; the printer's imprint and counterfeit warning appear at the base. |
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