{"product_id":"benjamin-franklin-printed-1760-pennsylvania-colonial-currency-twenty-shillings-pa-112","title":"Benjamin Franklin–Printed 1760 Pennsylvania Colonial Currency – Twenty Shillings – PA-112","description":"\u003cp dir=\"auto\" class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\"\u003eAn exceptionally early piece of American paper-money history: a Pennsylvania colonial twenty-shillings note dated \u003cstrong\u003eMay 1, 1760\u003c\/strong\u003e, printed in Philadelphia by \u003cstrong\u003eBenjamin Franklin and David Hall\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003cspan class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchor\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003eIssued sixteen years before the Declaration of Independence, this note circulated in the Province of Pennsylvania during the reign of King George II. Its designs incorporate several features intended to discourage counterfeiting, including an intricate nature-print leaf impression associated with Benjamin Franklin’s pioneering security-printing work. The reverse also bears the dramatic colonial warning:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“To Counterfeit is DEATH.”\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003eThe note displays the Pennsylvania or Penn family arms, a royal portrait, ornamental borders and the twenty-shillings denomination. The surviving serial number appears to read \u003cstrong\u003eNo. 615\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003eThe lot consists of what appear to be the \u003cstrong\u003eseparated obverse and reverse faces of a single original note\u003c\/strong\u003e. Each piece is blank on its opposite side, indicating that the note was likely split into two layers during an early mounting, removal or conservation procedure. Both pieces retain the same prominent horizontal center fold.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003eThe condition is heavily circulated, with considerable toning, fading, surface wear, rounded corners and largely faded signatures. Nevertheless, the major printed designs remain identifiable. Offered as an unusual study example of a scarce Franklin-printed Pennsylvania colonial note.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDate:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 1, 1760\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eColony:\u003c\/strong\u003e Pennsylvania\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDenomination:\u003c\/strong\u003e Twenty Shillings\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePrinter:\u003c\/strong\u003e Benjamin Franklin and David Hall\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCatalog number:\u003c\/strong\u003e Friedberg PA-112\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e Two separated faces; heavily worn, faded and toned; sold as pictured\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Signature Documents LLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52902256345370,"sku":null,"price":849.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2221\/0931\/files\/IMG_3148.jpg?v=1789667827","url":"https:\/\/www.thearchiveauthority.com\/en-ca\/products\/benjamin-franklin-printed-1760-pennsylvania-colonial-currency-twenty-shillings-pa-112","provider":"Signature Documents LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}