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1762 NEW JERSEY 3 POUNDS COLONIAL CURRENCY NOTE - EARLY ISSUE HIGH DENOMINATION
1762 NEW JERSEY 3 POUNDS COLONIAL CURRENCY NOTE - EARLY ISSUE HIGH DENOMINATION

1762 NEW JERSEY 3 POUNDS COLONIAL CURRENCY NOTE - EARLY ISSUE HIGH DENOMINATION

$ 116.15

Availability: 100 in stock
  • Refund will be given as: Money Back
  • Type: Colonial Currency
  • Return shipping will be paid by: Seller
  • Item must be returned within: 30 Days
  • Circulated/Uncirculated: Circulated
  • Restocking Fee: No
  • All returns accepted: Returns Accepted

    Description

    Here is a very scarce COLONY OF NEW JERSEY COLONIAL CURRENCY NOTE for
    3 POUNDS
    dated
    APRIL 8, 1762.
    Royal Arms of Great Britain at left, with motto "DIEU ET MON DROIT" (God and My Right).
    Serial # 2322
    .
    Hand signed
    by New Jersey Colonial officials Samuel Nevill, Thomas Rodman, and S. Skinner.
    This is a
    VERY SCARCE ISSUE
    . This issue was approved on March 10, 1762 as the Thirteenth War Issue of Bills of Credit (French and Indian Wars).
    The issue was legal tender until 1780.
    The 3 Pound note was the second highest denomination with just 3,330 notes printed.
    It reads: "THIS BILL by LAW shall pafs current in NEW JERSEY for EIGHT OUNCES, Fifteen PENNY-WEIGHT of PLATE.
    April 8, 1762."
    Back shows anti-counterfeiting leaf vignette.
    To counterfeit is DEATH at top. "WOODBRIDGE in NEW-JERSEY: Printed by James Parker" at bottom. NO PINHOLES.