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Pennsylvania Colonial Currency Quartet, April 3rd, 1772

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / Paper Money - United States Start Price:160.00 USD Estimated At:280.00 - 450.00 USD
Pennsylvania Colonial Currency Quartet, April 3rd, 1772
SOLD
230.00USD+ buyer's premium + applicable fees & taxes.
This item SOLD at 2022 Jan 18 @ 14:20UTC-5 : EST/CDT
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Pennsylvania, April 3rd, 1772. Lot of 4 Issued banknotes: 1 Shilling, P-S2536 (3); and 18 Pence, P-S2537. All have black text with Penn family arms and are printed by Hall and Sellers. Good-Fine condition. Various signatures include Adam Hubley, Samuel Hudson, and James Pemberton. Samuel Hudson was the son of William Hudson, who served as the mayor of Philadelphia from 1725 to 1726. James Pemberton (1723–1809) was born in Philadelphia and was a Quaker politician and abolitionist. In 1777, Pemberton was exiled from Pennsylvania to Virginia as a pacifist during the Revolution. He later became President of the Pennsylvania Abolition Society. 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. (4)