SC-139 "HORSE" PCGS BANKNOTE CU63 PPQ 1776 South Carolina Colonial Currency

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SC-139 "HORSE" PCGS BANKNOTE CU63 PPQ 1776 South Carolina Colonial Currency
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Scarce & Very Attractive December 23, 1776 "Five Spanish milled Dollars" South Carolina Colonial Currency Note.
Fantastic eye-appeal
with a
"Horse" vignette
and the
Latin motto "DOMINUM GENEROSA RECUSAT"
which translates as
"The well born refuses a master".
Just 5,000 of these notes were originally printed, and only a small percentage of those still survive today.
Very conservatively graded & certified by PCGS BANKNOTE as CU63 PPQ (Premium Paper Quality), with the look of an even higher grade. There are no problems of any kind, and there are no pin holes.
This is PCGS BANKNOTE's highest graded example with no equal.
This is a remainder note with no serial number, but it does have the bold signature of James Wakefield. The back of this note was printed with a variety of Hebrew and Greek letters along with other ornamentation.
Deeply embossed ragpaper and darkly inked on both sides with a bold rendition of a "
spirited horse
"on the front. Printed by Peter Timothy in 1777 per imprint on the back.
Peter Timothy (1724-1782)
,
his father (Lewis Timothy) worked for Benjamin Franklin in Philadelphia starting in 1731. In 1732, Ben Franklin sent Lewis Timothy, his wife, and young son (Peter) to Charles Town South Carolina to replace the dead printer Eleazar Phillips, who was a business associate of Franklin's. Peter took over the printing of the South Carolina Gazette from his father in 1746, and ran it for 36 years making it the oldest newspaper in the Colonial South. Later, his son (Benjamin Franklin Timothy) took over the newspaper and government printing contracts. During the Revolutionary War, Peter Timothy served on the South Carolina Committee of Correspondence, and he was a member of the Sons of Liberty. In 1780, he was captured by the British as a rebel and sent to prison in St Augustine, FL. He served 10 months and was released. He next sailed to Antigua in the West Indies and planned an invasion of Charles Town (Charleston), but his return ship sank in 1782 and all on board died (including himself).
An authentic & historical item printed in our nation's birthyear of 1776 and issued during the Revolutionary War (1775-83), just a few months after the signing of the Declaration of Independence on the 4th of July, 1776.
Free Insured USPS Priority Mail with Signature Confirmation
(trackable) to anywhere in the United States.
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