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***Auction Highlight*** Rhode Island Colonial Currency July 2nd, 1780 20 Dollars (20d) Fr-RI289 Prin

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money Start Price:225.00 USD Estimated At:375.00 - 750.00 USD
***Auction Highlight*** Rhode Island Colonial Currency July 2nd, 1780 20 Dollars (20d) Fr-RI289 Prin
***Auction Highlight*** Rhode Island Colonial Currency July 2nd, 1780 20 Dollars (20d) Fr-RI289 Printed By Hall & Sellers Grades Choice AU/BU Slider. 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.