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***Auction Highlight*** Continental Currency May 9th, 1776 $8 Fr-CC38 Sig. Adm. Hubley & Jon. Evans

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money Start Price:25.00 USD Estimated At:650.00 - 1,300.00 USD
***Auction Highlight*** Continental Currency May 9th, 1776 $8 Fr-CC38 Sig. Adm. Hubley & Jon. Evans
***Auction Highlight*** Continental Currency May 9th, 1776 $8 Fr-CC38 Sig. Adm. Hubley & Jon. Evans Grades Select CU. A beautiful May 9, 1776 Resolution $8 note. The emblem shows a harp with 13 strings of different sizes to represent the colonies; the motto is MAJORA MINORIBUS CONSONANT (The large colonies and the small colonies are in harmony). The face margins are wide and even, the corners are razor sharp, and the printing is strong. The back is visually stunning, with an impressively detailed nature printing and border frame. Although shifted slightly to the left, there is a considerable margin seen all around.An emission totaling $5,000,000 payable in Spanish milled dollars, or the equivalent in gold or silver, was authorized by the Continental Congress resolutions of May 9th and 27th, 1776. The issue is similar to that of the November 29, 1775 issue except for the bottom border of the front of the $4 reads from left to right toward the bottom of the note, whereas in all other issues it looks upside down and reads toward the center of the bill. Printed by Hall and Sellers in Philadelphia. The paper, made at Ivy Mills in Chester County, Pennsylvania, contained blue fibers and mica flakes. Detector bills were printed on blue paper. Denominations include the: $1, $2, $3, $4, $5, $6, $7 and $8.