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Colonial Currency, Rare CHARLES PINCKNEY Signed April 10, 1774 South Carolina

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles Start Price:3,000.00 USD Estimated At:5,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD
Colonial Currency, Rare CHARLES PINCKNEY Signed April 10, 1774 South Carolina
Famous Signers on Colonial Currency
Exceedingly Rare Charles Pinckney Signed 1774 South Carolina One Hundred Pounds Note - One of Four Known!
CHARLES PINCKNEY (1731–1782). Prominent South Carolina lawyer and planter, the father of Governor, U.S. Senator, and Signer of the U.S. Constitution, Charles Pinckney, Jr. He married Frances Brewton, the sister of Miles Brewton, a wealthy Charleston merchant and Slave trader.
South Carolina. April 10, 1774. One Hundred Pounds. Signed, “Ch.(arles) Pinckney,”, Fine. Fr. SC-97. This sole £100 denomination comprises the entire issue. Only the £100 denomination was emitted. Overall, very similar in quality of appearance to the Newman Plate example for the issue. It is very clean, whole, and solid in appearance, having some deft repairs and conservation. There are sealed scattered tiny edge splits and pinholes, prior tape removed from the centerfold with restorations. This extremely rare South Carolina Colonial issue is boldly Signed, “Ch.(arles) Pinckney” the more senior member of this historic South Carolina family, of whom both Charles Pinckney, Junior and Charles Cotesworth Pinckney (Signer of South Carolina Colonial notes on other, later issues) was an important political figure involved in the notorious “XYZ” affair. Other notable signers on this note include: Rawlins Lowndes (1721-1800) who was the President of South Carolina, and Christopher Gadsden (1724-1805) who served as a Brigadier General in the Revolutionary War, plus Thomas Hayward, Jr., and Rawlins Lowndes, and Thomas Farr, Jr.. All five signers on this note are clear. The signature “Ch. Pinckney” being the darkest and most bold, written in dark brown ink. According South Carolina currency authority Austin Sheheen, only three complete specimens are known to exist of this issue! Thus, this current note would be only the fourth full example known existent. The latest auction sale record of a note on this issue was in May 2004, the John Ford Jr. Collection example, graded Very Good with repairs, which brought $3,162.