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***Auction Highlight*** Continental Currency February 26th, 1777 Fr-CC61 $8 Printed By Hall & Seller

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money Start Price:5.00 USD Estimated At:375.00 - 750.00 USD
***Auction Highlight*** Continental Currency February 26th, 1777 Fr-CC61 $8 Printed By Hall & Seller
***Auction Highlight*** Continental Currency February 26th, 1777 Fr-CC61 $8 Printed By Hall & Sellers Grades Select AU. Part of the so-called Baltimore issue, this $8 features an emblem depicting a harp with thirteen strings representing the colonies along with the motto MAJORA MINORIBUS CONSONANT (The large colonies and the small colonies are in harmony). Printed by Hall & Sellers. Hall & Sellers was a Philadelphia printing company originally established by Benjamin Franklin. In 1743 Franklin hired David Hall (1714-77), a Scottish journeyman printer, and in 1748 made the latter a partner. The firm printed Pennsylvania Gazette, Franklin's newspaper. In 1766 Franklin sold his share in the business to Hall, and later that same year Hall brought in the journeyman printer William Sellers as his new partner, establishing Hall & Sellers. The firm carried government contracts, including printing paper money.