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Colonial Currency, GA, 1777, $2, Sailing Ship

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money Start Price:1,900.00 USD Estimated At:2,000.00 - 2,400.00 USD
Colonial Currency, GA, 1777, $2, Sailing Ship
Georgia Currency

Two Dollars “Sailing Ship” Seal Red “in” Type PMG Choice Very Fine-35

Georgia. June 8, 1777 Resolution. Two Dollars. “Sailing Ship” Seal Vignette. Red “in” Type. PMG graded Choice Very Fine-35.

Fr. GA-104a. This is a very solid and well printed note that is printed in black and red with a red “Sailing Ship” vignette at the lower right. Low serial number “98”. All five signatures are extremely clear, written in bold deep brown ink with a tiny corner tip repair at the upper left as noted on the holder. It is nicely margined for the type and has the overall handsome eye appeal of Extremely Fine. The $2 denomination with a Red “in” Type that was sold in Stack’s John J. Ford, Jr. Collection, Sale X, brought $5,060.00 in nearly the same grade.

The production method in 1777 for any note of two or more colors meant extra work for the printer. Each sheet had to be placed onto the printing press twice, one time to print the red text and a second pass to add the black. Each time a color was printed, the paper sheet had to be hung up to dry for a day and then laid back down, hopefully in the same exact place as proper alignment was critical, to add the second color. Obviously, this was a far more timely procedure that added extra work and cost. That is a major reason we see so few Colonial issues that are multicolor.