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Continental Currency November 29th, 1775 $6 FR. CC16 Printed By Hall & Sellers Grades vf+

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Continental Currency November 29th, 1775 $6 FR. CC16 Printed By Hall & Sellers Grades vf+
Continental Currency November 29th, 1775 $6 FR. CC16 Printed By Hall & Sellers Grades vf+. At the left is an emblem of a beaver gnawing on a tree with the motto PERSEVERANDO (By perseverance) arcing above. Of this design, Franklin writes," the great tree may be intended to represent the enormous power Britain has assumed over us" and the beaver, "able, by assiduous and steady working, to fell large trees, may signify America." The buttercup nature-print back is beautifully detailed and well centered 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.