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PEYTON RANDOLPH Signed Colonial Currency, VA. April 5, 1759. Five Pounds Rarity

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / Paper Money - Colonials Start Price:2,800.00 USD Estimated At:4,500.00 - 5,500.00 USD
PEYTON RANDOLPH Signed Colonial Currency, VA. April 5, 1759. Five Pounds Rarity
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Important Virginia April 5, 1759 Five Pounds Note Signed by Peyton Randolph
Signed by Peyton Randolph. Current Money of Virginia. April 5, 1759. Five Pounds. Contemporarily sewn at centerfold. Very Fine.
FR. VA-32. This exceptionally rare note having only 2,000 printed. It is nearly the quality of the new 5th Edition of Newman plate note of the same denomination, that is shown on page 439 of “The Early Paper Money of America.” The exception is that the current note has been split at the centerfold and contemporarily sewn to keep the two halves successfully whole. All of these very early, pre-1773 Virginia issues are extremely rare. This note has rounded or trimmed corners, as does the Newman plate note. The paper is very clean and even in circulation. The blank reverse shows a couple of typical contemporary notations. This note is signed by Robert Carter Nicholas and Peyton Randolph (later President of the Continental Congress), both signatures are very light and somewhat hard to read. According to the 2008 Newman reference, a note in “Fine” condition sold at public auction in May of 2004 for $3,220. This note is nicer in its eye appeal. The PMG population report currently shows no note graded.