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1786 Rhode Island, Colonial Currency 1 Shilling

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1786 Rhode Island, Colonial Currency 1 Shilling

SKU: 14478

$225.00

Description

  • "A legal tender bill of credit equal to lawful silver money. Issued pursuant to acts of May, June and August of 1786 for the 4% amortization of seven year realty loans, referred to as the Tenth Rhode Island Bank. Printed In Newport by Solomon Southwich and Henry Barber on cream or bluish paper. There are three border cuts and the state seal on the front. On some denominations the state seal has a plow and another design in it. The reverse was typeset while denominations of 2s6d and lower were blank. This Reverse is Blank."

    Serial # 1481  May 1786  Two signers top in black and bottom in Red

  • Material: paper
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