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Continental Currency November 2nd, 1776 $8 Fr-CC53 Printed By Hall & Sellers Grades vf+

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Continental Currency November 2nd, 1776 $8 Fr-CC53  Printed By Hall & Sellers Grades vf+
Continental Currency November 2nd, 1776 $8 Fr-CC53 Printed By Hall & Sellers Grades vf+. Thirteen strings are seen on the harp, each representing one of the colonies. The Latin MAJORA MINORIBUS CONSONANT translates as the large colonies and the small colonies are in harmony. Printed by Hall & Sellers. 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.