Pennsylvania Currency-Fifty Shillings 1773
Printer Hall and Sellers, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania American
Not on view
An emission of £150,000 in bills of credit to revive the loan office system. Printed by Hall and Sellers in Philadelphia in red and black ink with the Penn family arms on the front and a cast cut of a farm scene on the back. The farm scene differs slightly on each denomination. There are cast border cuts on the front with the border above the columns printed in both red and black ink. There are three signers with one frequently in red ink. Throughout the denominations the spelling of the colony name "Pennsylvania" is found in various forms. This is the continuation of an anti-counterfeiting measure used by Franklin and Hall. Denominations issued were: 18d, 2s, 2s6d, 5s, 10s, 15s, 20s and 50s.
