General note: Note in manuscript: issue number "53843" and two signatures, in brown ink Subject: Continental currency. (Referred to as, "Continentals"). Inscription: "Two Shillings & Six-pence. This Indented Bill shall pass current for Two Shillings and Six-pence, within the Delaware State according to an Act of Genera Assembly of the said State, made in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and Seventy-six. Dated the First Day of May, 1777." ; Within border cuts: "Half a Crown". ; Verso: "Two Shillings and Six-pence. To Counterfeit is Death. Printed by JAMES ADAMS, 1777." 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.
