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Pennsylvania Colonial Currency Pair, April 3rd, 1772 & October 25th, 1775

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / Paper Money - United States Start Price:130.00 USD Estimated At:250.00 - 500.00 USD
Pennsylvania Colonial Currency Pair, April 3rd, 1772 & October 25th, 1775
SOLD
120.00USD+ buyer's premium + applicable fees & taxes.
This item SOLD at 2022 Jan 18 @ 14:19UTC-5 : EST/CDT
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Pennsylvania. Lot of 2 Issued banknotes. 1772, 18 Pence, P-S2537, S/N 2478, Black text with black border and Penn family arms, Choice Fine condition with a stitched repair at right; and 1775, 9 Pence, P-S2548, S/N 11231, Black text and border, Good condition with fading and fold lines. Both are printed by Hall and Sellers. Signatures include A. Morris Jr. and Clement Biddle. Clement Biddle (1740 - 1814) was a Philadelphia merchant and American Revolutionary War soldier, with the rank of Colonel. During the American Revolutionary War, Biddle fought in the Battle of Princeton, the Battle of Brandywine, the Battle of Germantown and the Battle of Monmouth. He was the Commissary General at Valley Forge under George Washington, and his headquarters was at Moore Hall. In 1781, Biddle was made quarter-master general of the Pennsylvanian troops. After the Revolutionary War, he was the first U.S. Marshal (1789-1793) for Pennsylvania. Hall and 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 the 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.