COLONIAL CURRENCY, NEW YORK, 5 SHILLINGS
Friedberg NY - 161, PMG Very Good 10 Net, previously mounted, severed & reattached, backed, Dated February 16, 1771
Serial number 10712, Signers: Walter Franklin?, Samuel Verplanck, A. Lott
A SCARCE note with ONLY two graded higher at VG12 by PMG!
These notes were frequently very worn down and torn. They were often resewn or backed. This particular note was carefully and professionaly sewn in antiquity, so that you can actually see the colonial thread vertically top to bottom. An interesting piece of antique Americana!
