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Lot 576: 2-20-1777 $5 Continental Currency

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Lot  576: 2-20-1777 $5 Continental Currency
<b>Continental Currency</b><hr><b>Rare “Baltimore” Issue Tory Counterfeit</b>

<b>February 20, 1777, $5, Contemporary Tory Counterfeit, Very Choice Crisp EF+ to About Uncirculated.</b>
Well centered within four full even margins both face and back. The bold red and brown ink signatures add to the excellent eye appeal. An important example of the “economic terrorism” launched in an attempt to ruin the American economy which was mostly based upon people’s faith in their paper currency as a medium of exchange. This note is a lovely example and quite rare.