March 25, 1776 Jersey 6 Shillings Colonial Note Fr NJ - 178 PMG 55 AU EPQ
Item History & Price
For sale is this March 25, 1776 New Jersey Six Shillings Colonial Currency. This extremely nice note contains three signatures and carries Serial Number 22463 pp (plate position) B. It has just come back from PMG with a grade of 55 About Uncirculated EPQ (Exceptional Paper Quality)!
Thank you for your consideration of this excellent example of colonial currency from The Colony of New-Jersey!
An explanation regarding the use, in some words on this Continental Currency no...te, of "ſ" versus "s": Collectors often refer to the strange spelling of words from the 17th & 18th centuries; particularly, the use of an "ſ" where seemingly inappropriate. Centuries before the advent of the printing press, there were grammatical reasons for the use of a serpentine-styled "s" instead of the more typical one. Its look was as if an "s" was elongated and leaned to the right. When this letter was converted to a block letter for the printing press (around 1500), it looked much like an "f", but with a slash through one side and not the other. For example, look carefully and notice the difference in the word "paſſed (passed)" on the obverse of the note. This letter caused confusion with the "f" ever since, and by 1750, publishers were abandoning it in favor of the more traditional "s." By 1800, it was almost universally abandoned.
Thank you for your consideration of this excellent example of colonial currency from The Colony of New-Jersey!
An explanation regarding the use, in some words on this Continental Currency no...te, of "ſ" versus "s": Collectors often refer to the strange spelling of words from the 17th & 18th centuries; particularly, the use of an "ſ" where seemingly inappropriate. Centuries before the advent of the printing press, there were grammatical reasons for the use of a serpentine-styled "s" instead of the more typical one. Its look was as if an "s" was elongated and leaned to the right. When this letter was converted to a block letter for the printing press (around 1500), it looked much like an "f", but with a slash through one side and not the other. For example, look carefully and notice the difference in the word "paſſed (passed)" on the obverse of the note. This letter caused confusion with the "f" ever since, and by 1750, publishers were abandoning it in favor of the more traditional "s." By 1800, it was almost universally abandoned.
