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ELIAS BOUDINOT Signed 1790 Four Pence Church Currency Note on Newark, New Jersey

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ELIAS BOUDINOT Signed 1790 Four Pence Church Currency Note on Newark, New Jersey
Famous Signers on Colonial Currency
Elias Boudinot (President of the Continental Congress) Signed December 16, 1790 Issue “FOUR PENCE” Note
ELIAS BOUDINOT (1740-1821). 10th President of the Continental Congress (1782-1783), Member of the Continental Congress, served in the First Congress of 1789, Signed the “Treaty of Paris” with Great Britain, ending the Revolutionary War, Member of the Committee on Correspondence, New Jersey Provincial Congress, Commissary-General of Prisoners, and in 1795 Appointed as Third Director of the United States Mint by George Washington.
New Jersey, First Presbyterian Church at Newark, December 16, 1790, Four Pence Currency Note, Signed, “E. Boudinot” as Church President, PCGS graded Very Fine-25. Wait 1410. Newman Page 266. This scarce Church series was printed by S. Kollock and Signed by Elias Boudinot as acting President of the Church. This note is dated along the inner right margin on its face side, which is quite a rarity in design. It is superior to most we have seen, and the signature “E. Boudinot” is clearly seen and fully readable, quite strong for what is typical in this circulated quality. Worth a premium for its centering plus appearance. An excellent representative of the rare signature of Elias Boudinot.
Elias Boudinot was a member of the New Jersey Committee on Correspondence (1774-1775) and the New Jersey Provincial Congress (1775). In 1777 he was appointed commissary-general of prisoners. He was a member of the Continental Congress (1777-1788; 1781-1784) and its President (1782-1783).

He signed the treaty with Great Britain to end the war. He served in first Congress of 1789; in 1795 was made the third Director of the United States Mint, and from 1816 to 1821 served as the first President of the American Bible Society.