July 2, 1746 NJ. Benjamin Franklin Printed Issue

July 2, 1746 NJ. Benjamin Franklin Printed Issue

New Jersey Currency
July 2, 1746 Exceedingly Rare Benjamin Franklin Printed New Jersey Fifteen Shillings Note PCGS Certified Good-4
New Jersey, July 2, 1746, Fifteen Shillings, Benjamin Franklin Printed Issue, Plate A, PCGS graded Good-4.
This New Jersey series was printed by Benjamin Franklin. Exceedingly rare, this July 2, 1746 New Jersey notes basic designs are seen, together with its readable "July 1746" printed date. The June 28, 1746 ACT specified these notes as "Money of America." The sizes and styles for New Jersey Colonial notes for the next few decades were established with this very series. The face side has the Royal Arms and obligation amount, while the reverse side showed a typical Benjamin Franklin invented "Nature Print" with leaf design security feature. Notes from the series are rarely seen. The PCGS holder states apparent splits, tears, and minor damage, stains and backed. Nonetheless, it is a rare elusive historic very early Benjamin Franklin printed Colonial Currency note. This rare issue is listed in the current (2008) 5th Edition of Newman on page 251. Though the issue is not provided with any values, author Newman does record one 15s note with Plate letter "A" graded "Good" as selling for $4,312 in the Stack's Boyd/Ford Collection Sale of May 2004. An extreme rarity and significant opportunity for Colonial Currency collectors. Provenance Ex: Eric P. Newman Collection (no lot tag).
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