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9 Pence Colony of Pennsylvania
| Issuer | Commonwealth of Pennsylvania |
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| Year | 1777 |
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| Value | 9 Pence (⅙) |
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| Obverse description | Letterpress-printed colonial bill on laid paper with the denomination "Nine Pence" set in italic type at upper left and lower left, flanking the central text block authorizing circulation per the Act of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, dated 20 March 1777 and issued 10 April 1777. A circular vignette at the left center encloses a small woodcut scene of a ship under sail. A manuscript signature appears in red-brown ink across the lower portion of the note, with vertical side lettering reading "NINE PENCE" along both margins. |
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| Obverse lettering | Nine Pence. THIS Bill ſhall paſs current for Nine Pence, according to an Act of General Aſſembly of the Com mon-Wealth of Pennsylvania, paſſed the Twentieth Day of March, in the Year One Thouſand Seven Hundred and Se- venty-ſeven. Da ted the tenth Day of April, A. D. 1777 Nine Pence |
| Reverse description | Plain laid-paper reverse printed entirely in letterpress, enclosed by a typographic border of repeating X and cross ornaments. The stern anti-counterfeiting warning "To Counterfeit is Death" appears at the top, followed by the denomination "Nine Pence" in large roman type, two rows of decorative typographic fleurons, and the imprint line crediting John Dunlap of Philadelphia as printer with the date 1777, concluded by a repeat of the denomination at the foot. |
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