Unique May 26, 1714 Boston, MA. 60s Redated 1716

Massachusetts Currency
Unique & Finest Certified May 26, 1714 Massachusetts-Bay Sixty Shillings Redated 1716, 2nd Issue (Star) Contemporary Counterfeit PCGS Certified Very Fine-30
Province of Massachusetts Bay, Boston, May 26, 1714, Sixty Shillings, Redated 1716 2nd Issue (with Star), Tall Bill of Credit, Contemporary Counterfeit, PCGS graded Very Fine-30.
Fr. MA-69bCFT. Serial No. 1093. Finest Known, PCGS certified Very Fine-30. PMG has certified None. An exceptional Boston, May 26, 1714, Tall Bill of Credit rarity is printed on laid period paper with a fancy floral designed indent margin across the top.
"Sixty Shillings / Three Pound" dual denomination obligation at top, and within the upper right field is an engraved " III". At lower left a distinctive "Crowned" Seal with the Garter motto. The black printed reverse side displays a large floral pattern on the top half. Contemporary Counterfeits are cited by Eric Newman in his 5th Edition beginning on page 190. This note is strongly printed and detailed; it is likely a period counterfeit bill. Complete with four (false signatures) of Elisha Hutchinson, John Clark, Penn Townsend and A. Winthrop are all present. Tall Bill of Credit. An attractive note from each side, being one that certainly would have been deceiving in its time period issued. This notes PCGS VF-30 holder states apparent splits and repairs, pinholes, minor edge damage, all of which is perfectly consistent with a superior quality circulated note of this early Colonial period. Exceedingly rare, this series was not represented by any note offered in the Ford/Boyd Collection. An extremely rare series, whether an original or as a Contemporary Counterfeit, to our best knowledge this current note being the only Fr. MA-69b example, and thus the Finest Known.
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