Colonial Currency Fr. CT-182CFT CT. PMG Ch UNC-63
Connecticut Currency
Finest PMG Certified May 10, 1775 Colony of Connecticut 40 Shillings Colonial Note PMG Choice Uncirculated-63
Colony of Connecticut, May 10, 1775, Forty Shillings, Exceptional and Finest PMG Certified Contemporary Counterfeit, PMG graded Choice Uncirculated-63.
Fr. CT-182CFT. This rare Choice Uncirculated Contemporary Counterfeit on the Colony of Connecticut is the Finest PMG Certified note on this number. Listed type in Newman as being Counterfeited, the face side is boldly printed with excellent centering. The reverse was purposefully printed weaker to appear slightly used, allowing for better acceptance into general circulation. The PMG holder states previously mounted, yet we see no trace of such. This May 10, 1775 "Colony of Connecticut" note was issued just about one month after the outbreak of the American Revolutionary War at the battle of Lexington and Concord, April 19th, 1775.
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Colonial Currency, Paper Money, Early Paper Money of America, Connecticut Currency, Counterfeit Currency, Colonial America, Printing Paper Money, Revolutionary War, George Washington, Continental Congress, Independence Hall, Fiat Currency, Currency Printing, Benjamin Franklin
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Connecticut Currency
Finest PMG Certified May 10, 1775 Colony of Connecticut 40 Shillings Colonial Note PMG Choice Uncirculated-63
Colony of Connecticut, May 10, 1775, Forty Shillings, Exceptional and Finest PMG Certified Contemporary Counterfeit, PMG graded Choice Uncirculated-63.
Fr. CT-182CFT. This rare Choice Uncirculated Contemporary Counterfeit on the Colony of Connecticut is the Finest PMG Certified note on this number. Listed type in Newman as being Counterfeited, the face side is boldly printed with excellent centering. The reverse was purposefully printed weaker to appear slightly used, allowing for better acceptance into general circulation. The PMG holder states previously mounted, yet we see no trace of such. This May 10, 1775 "Colony of Connecticut" note was issued just about one month after the outbreak of the American Revolutionary War at the battle of Lexington and Concord, April 19th, 1775.
KEYWORDS:
Colonial Currency, Paper Money, Early Paper Money of America, Connecticut Currency, Counterfeit Currency, Colonial America, Printing Paper Money, Revolutionary War, George Washington, Continental Congress, Independence Hall, Fiat Currency, Currency Printing, Benjamin Franklin
