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Recto. South Carolina, 20 dollars, 1777

Title
Recto. South Carolina, 20 dollars, 1777
Date
1777
Edition
South Carolina, 1777
Language
No linguistic content
Description
Extent: 7.8 x 11.4 cm.
Materials/Techniques: ink on paper
paper
Subjects
Places
Baker Library Special Collections and Archives, Harvard Business School
Abstract
Denominations stated in both dollar and pound currency forms.Verso: No date or printer information provided.
Genre
currencies
engravings
Notes
General note: Note in manuscript: three signatures in brown ink.
Subject: Continental currency. (Referred to as, "Continentals").
Inscription: "SOUTH CAROLINA. This Bill intitles the Bearer to Twenty Dollars or Thirty two Pounds ten shillings Current Money of this State pursuant to an Ordinance of the General Assembly passed the 14th Day of Feb. 1777." ; Denominations stated as: "TWENTY DOLLARS" and "L32.10". ; Within emblem: "UBI LIBERTAS IBI PATRIA" ; Verso: "XX Dollars. DEATH TO COUNTERFEIT. L. 32:10:0".
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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