CC-102 TopPop *** PCGS BANKNOTE CU64 *** 1779 Continental Colonial Currency

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CC-102 TopPop *** PCGS BANKNOTE CU64 *** 1779 Continental Colonial Currency
CC-102 TopPop *** PCGS BANKNOTE CU64 *** 1779 Continental Colonial Currency
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Choice & Scarce January 14, 1779 "Eighty Dollars" Continental Colonial Currency Note.
Conservatively graded & certified by PCGS Banknote as CU64, with very nice eye-appeal. There are no problems of any kind, and there are no pin holes either.
This is PCGS BANKNOTE's highest graded example with no equal.
Colorful serial number and signatures. Darkly inked on both sides including the
interesting vignette of "
a large tree standing alone
" with the Latin motto ET IN SECULA SECULORUM FLORESCEBIT, "
And it will flourish for ages and ages
".
Bold 5-digit serial number 40305 in red ink, along with the equally bold signatures of Paul Cox (in brown ink), and that of Nathaniel Donnell (in red ink).
Captain Paul Cox (1748-1832)
served as lieutenant-colonel of a regiment of Philadelphia militia under Colonel Sharp Delany, and also in the same capacity under Colonel William Bradford.
Paul Cox, who was on the Board of the Old Pine Street Church for four decades, and whose tomb lies under the shadow of the church, reached the rank of lieutenant-colonel in the Pennsylvania militia, was captain in the Pennsylvania navy, and in 1777 was one of the six members of the Committee of Safety, which had charge of the defenses of the city. Records exist of his purchasing fire-ships and ammunition in the Pennsylvania Archives. He was a delegate to the Pennsylvania Militia Convention in Lancaster in 1776 with Colonel Knox. In 1779, he was one of a committee, with such men as Cadwalader Dickinson, Charles W. Peale, David Rittenhouse, and Thomas Paine, for his fellow-members, to banish Tories from Philadelphia.
Major Nathaniel Donnell (1751-1821)
was first a 2nd Lieutenant, and then a 1st Lieutenant, in Roman's Independent Company, Pennsylvania Artillery in 1776. Later that year he became Captain of Lieutenant Colonel Ebenzer Steven's Battalion of Artillery. Steven's Battalion eventually became part of the 3rd Continental Artillery. Donnell served until 1783. His death certificate lists palsy as the cause of death.
Multi-colored watermarked paper that reads "
UNITED STATES
" on two lines when held upto a light source. This, along with embedded thick blue threads in the paper itself, and tiny reflective mica chips on the surfaces were all used on these early paper money notes to help protect them from counterfeiting (both British sponsored and "homegrown" counterfeiters). See last photo.
This is an authentic & historical item that was printed in 1779 and issued during the Revolutionary War (1775-83), less than a three years after the signing of the Declaration of Independence in 1776.
Free insured USPS Priority Mail with Signature Confirmation
(trackable) to anywhere in the United States.
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