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Continental Currency $35 January 14th, 1779 FR-CC-94 Sig By William Coats & Levi Budd Printed By Hal

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Continental Currency $35 January 14th, 1779 FR-CC-94 Sig By William Coats & Levi Budd Printed By Hal
Continental Currency $35 January 14th, 1779 FR-CC-94 Sig By William Coats & Levi Budd Printed By Hall & Sellers Grades au details. The $35 denomination was introduced as part of this issue, acknowledging the shrinking value of Continental Currency. The red and black face has an emblem of a plow in a field with the motto HINC OPES (Hence our wealth) while the back has a nature print of two willow leaves 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. A Corey's Pick, Bid to Win Coin