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Colonial Currency, Georgia 1776, £1, Rare VF-35

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money Start Price:1,700.00 USD Estimated At:1,800.00 - 2,000.00 USD
Colonial Currency, Georgia 1776, £1, Rare VF-35
Georgia Currency

Rare 1776 Georgia One Pound PASS-CO Very Fine-35

Province of Georgia. 1776 Sterling Denominations. One Pound. Moderate conservation. Partially backed. PASS-CO graded Very Fine-35.

Fr. GA-68. This note should be checked against the PMG population report. It has an excellent overall appearance for the grade, being printed in colorful red and rich black. All five signatures and strong and their brown color adds extra eye appeal. There are well placed strips of early archival fiber tape reinforcement on the blank reverse side. A very difficult One Pound denomination, itself a major type, with its larger size and style.

The production method in 1776 for any note of two 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.