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Seventeen Shillings Bill of Credit Fine Silver

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Seventeen Shillings Bill of Credit Fine Silver
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Rare and fine silver art bar; of rectangle shape; obverse engraved a figure wearing a tri-corn hat, overcoat, vest, and sword-sheath at waist holding onto a sword and a rolled copy of the Magna Charta. Surrounding the figure are two semi-circles of inscription reading “Ense petit placidam sub Libertate Quietem” beneath and “Issued in Defense of American Liberty” above, Seventeen Shillings on top; reverse engraved bill of credit for Massachusetts Bay; L: 2.5 cm, W: 2.0 cm, 4.969 grams