1780 STATE OF VIRGINIA 0 AMERICAN REVOLUTION CURRENCY - BOLD EXTREMELY FINE

Description

HERE is a
genuine CHOICE EXTREMELY FINE
STATE OF VIRGINIA CURRENCY NOTE FOR 300 DOLLARS (90 Pounds) dated
OCTOBER 16, 1780.
No vignettes but printed on very thin tissue-like, paper.  Back is blank as issued with the exception of the words THREE HUNDRED DOLLARS and NINETY POUNDS at right and left margins.
This issue was redeemable at the rate of in silver coin for every worth of paper currency, until December 30, 1790.
The wording on the front of the note is as follows:
"
THIS BILL of THREE HUNDRED DOLLARS
shall be
exchanged
and
redeemed in SPANISH MILLED DOLLARS,
or the value in Gold or Silver, at the
Rate
of One
for
Forty
at the
TREASURY of VIRGINIA,
on or before the
30th
Day of December,
One Thousand Seven Hundred Ninety
, according to an
Act of Assembly
passed the
16th Day
of
October,
One Thousand Seven Hundred and Eighty.
"
Serial #1044.
THREE HAND SIGNATURES of Virginia colonial officials:  Th. Simmons, John Lyne and J. Hopkins.
A Super bold note grade
CHOICE EXTREMELY FINE
. A tough issue to find in nice grade as the paper is so thin that it tended to disintegrate. A premium example of this scarce issue.