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Verso. New Jersey, 3 shillings, 1776

Title
Verso. New Jersey, 3 shillings, 1776
Creator / Contributor
Collins, Isaac, 1746-1817 [producer]
Date
1776
Edition
New Jersey, 1776
Language
No linguistic content
Description
Extent: 5.8 x 10.2 cm.
Materials/Techniques: ink on paper
paper
Subjects
Places
Baker Library Special Collections and Archives, Harvard Business School
Abstract
Paper contains mica flakes and is watermarked "NEW JERSEY" (upside down).Printed in red and black. Small zodiac symbol of Aries the Ram before issue number.Verso: nature print of a single leaf.
Genre
currencies
engravings
Style
Colonial
Notes
General note: Note in manuscript: issue number "2060[ ]" and three signatures in brown ink.
Subject: Colonial currency
Inscription: "THIS BILL of THREE 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. THREE SHILLINGS." ; Borders: "NJersey. Three Shillings. IIIs" ; Verso: THREE SHILLINGS. To counterfeit is Death. BURLINGTON in New-Jersey, Printed by ISAAC COLLINS, 1776."
Rights: Baker Library Special Collections and Archives, Harvard Business School: These images may not be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, without permission in writing from the Historical Collections Department, Baker Library, Harvard Business School. Appointment necessary to consult collection.

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