Massachusetts: May 5, 1780
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    May 5, 1780 (cont.)

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    $5                  Serial Number: 23724                 MA 05/05/80

    Signers: Loammi Baldwin; Richard Cranch (front); Peter Boyer (back, guaranty signature).

    Size: 71 x 92mm (front border design: 69 x 88mm; back border design: 69 x 91mm; long dimension of back border slightly cut off).

    Comments: Printed in red and black ink; numbered in red ink. The emblem on the back shows a hand in a thorn bush bleeding from pricks with the motto: "Sustine vel abstine" (With perseverance or with acquiesence). Paper contains blue fibers and mica flakes and is watermarked "UNITED STATES"; surcharge stamped in red ink on front: "Interest Paid one Year."

    Provenance: Robert H. Gore, Jr. Collection in Numismatics.

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    $7                  Serial Number: 12573                 MA 05/05/80

    Signers: Thomas Dawes, Richard Cranch (front); Peter Boyer (back, guaranty signature).

    Size: 71 x 98mm (front border design: 68 x 88mm; back border design: 69 x 92mm).

    Comments: Printed in red and black ink; numbered in red ink. The emblem on the back showsa storm at sea with the motto: "Serenabit" (It will clear up). Paper contains blue fibers and mica flakes and is watermarked "UNITED STATES"; surcharge stamped in red ink on front: "Interest Paid one Year."

    Provenance: Robert H. Gore, Jr. Collection in Numismatics.

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    $8                  Serial Number: 17791                 MA 05/05/80

    Signers: Richard Cranch, Loammi Baldwin (front); Thomas Walley (back, guaranty signature).

    Size: 72 x 95mm (front border design: 69 x 89mm; back border design: 69 x 92.5mm).

    Comments: Printed in red and black ink; numbered in red ink. The emblem on the back shows a harp with thirteen strings with the motto: "Majora minoribus consonant" (The larger are in harmony with the smaller). Paper contains blue fibers and mica flakes and is watermarked "UNITED STATES"; surcharge stamped in red ink on front: "Interest Paid one Year."

    Provenance: Robert H. Gore, Jr. Collection in Numismatics.

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    $20                Serial Number: 4953                 MA 05/05/80

    Signers: Thomas Dawes, Ebenezer Wales (front); Thomas Walley (back, guaranty signature).

    Size: 74 x 94mm (front border design: 70 x 89mm; back border design: 69 x 93mm).

    Comments: Printed in red and black ink; numbered in red ink. The emblem on the back shows a strong wind creating waves, with the motto: "Vi concitatae" (It assults with a violent force). Paper contains blue fibers and mica flakes and is watermarked "UNITED STATES"; surcharge stamped in red ink on front: "Interest Paid one Year."

    Provenance: Robert H. Gore, Jr. Collection in Numismatics.