Continental Jan 14, 1779 $3 Detector PMG Ch AU-58
Continental Currency
Unique with Handwritten Ink Notation "Bill for Proof" $3 Blue Paper Continental Counterfeit Detector Proofing Note
Continental Congress, January 14, 1779, Three Dollars, Printed in Red and Black, Blue Paper Counterfeit Detector, Handwritten Ink Notation reading: "Bill for Proof", PMG graded Choice About Uncirculated-58.
Fr. CC-89DT. Would you accept this three dollar bill? The face side signature block contains a unique notation reading, "Bill for Proof" indicating its special preliminary "Proofing" review purpose, as a sample printing prior to official approval. A crisp nearly Uncirculated note, printed on special "UNITED - STATES" watermarked blue paper. Blue counterfeit detectors are seldom seen on this 1779 issue and were created to help prevent the counterfeits from being accepted in circulation. These were printed on blue paper from the original "authentic" face and back Copper-Plates. They were used for close comparison against "suspect" notes. A unique $5 stated "Bill for Proof" also being the Finest PMG Certified.
KEYWORDS:
Colonial Currency, Paper Money, Early Paper Money of America, Continental 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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Continental Currency
Unique with Handwritten Ink Notation "Bill for Proof" $3 Blue Paper Continental Counterfeit Detector Proofing Note
Continental Congress, January 14, 1779, Three Dollars, Printed in Red and Black, Blue Paper Counterfeit Detector, Handwritten Ink Notation reading: "Bill for Proof", PMG graded Choice About Uncirculated-58.
Fr. CC-89DT. Would you accept this three dollar bill? The face side signature block contains a unique notation reading, "Bill for Proof" indicating its special preliminary "Proofing" review purpose, as a sample printing prior to official approval. A crisp nearly Uncirculated note, printed on special "UNITED - STATES" watermarked blue paper. Blue counterfeit detectors are seldom seen on this 1779 issue and were created to help prevent the counterfeits from being accepted in circulation. These were printed on blue paper from the original "authentic" face and back Copper-Plates. They were used for close comparison against "suspect" notes. A unique $5 stated "Bill for Proof" also being the Finest PMG Certified.
KEYWORDS:
Colonial Currency, Paper Money, Early Paper Money of America, Continental Currency, Counterfeit Currency, Colonial America, Printing Paper Money, Revolutionary War, George Washington, Continental Congress, Independence Hall, Fiat Currency, Currency Printing, Benjamin Franklin
