New York Water Works - Four Shillings 1776
Printer H. Gaine American
Not on view
An emission of £2,750 in promissory notes issued by the City of New York, known as the third of four "Water Works" issues. The numeral 3 over the initial T on the face of the notes indicates this was the third issue. The series is known as the Water Works issues because the back of each note has an engraving of a steam powered water pump proposed by the engineer Christopher Colles. The Water Works emission was printed by Hugh Gaine in New York City with red and black inks on the face and black ink on the back. A coarse dark paper was used on the back of all denominations in this issue. Denominations issued were: 2s, 4s and 8s.
