Delaware Currency
May 1, 1777
An emission of £25,000 in indented bills of credit according to the act of February 22, 1777 for mortgage loans. £15,000 redeemable by January 1, 1788 and £10,000 redeemable by May 1, 1782, although the legal tender status of this issue was discontinued on November 4, 1780. Engravings of the new state heraldic shield and the border designs were cut by James Adams, who was paid £24 for his work. The plate for the bundle of wheat on the front was reused from the January 1, 1776 emission. Adams also printed this issue. The four lowest denominations are a smaller size than the others. As previously, this emission was printed on thick paper containing blue thread and mica flakes, as was used for Continental currency. The denominations printed were: 3d, 4d, 6d, 9d, 1s, 1s6d, 2s6d, 4s, 5s, 6s, 10s and 20s notes.obv
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3d Serial Number: 3225 DE 05/01/77
Signer: Alexander Porter (in red).
Size: 75 x 57 mm. (front border design 75 x 56mm; back border design 63 x 47mm).
Comments: NUmbered and signed in red. The 3d-9d denominations were issued in a smaller size that the higher denominations, with only one signer. A bundle of wheat is depicted on the back.
Provenance: EANA mail bid auction 12/02/95 lot 423. Purchased through the Ropbert H. Gore, Jr. Numismatic Endowment.
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4d Serial Number: 50,830 DE 05/01/77
Signer: Richard Lookwood.
Size: not available
Comments: Numbered and signed in black ink. The 3d-9d denominations were issued in a smaller size that the higher denominations, with only one signer. A bundle of wheat is depicted on the back. No image of the back is available.
Courtesy of Early American Numismatic Auctions, Inc. Images used with permission from their on-line auction catalog for the auction of April 20, 1996, lot 433.
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6d Serial Number: 50,925 DE 05/01/77
Signer: Richard Lookwood.
Size: not available
Comments: Numbered and signed in black ink. The 3d-9d denominations were issued in a smaller size that the higher denominations, with only one signer. A bundle of wheat is depicted on the back. No image of the back is available.
Courtesy of Early American Numismatic Auctions, Inc. Images used with permission from their on-line auction catalog for the auction of April 20, 1996, lot 435.
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1s Serial Number: 37,393 DE 05/01/77
Signers: John Laws, John Wiltbank.
Size: 102 x 79 mm. (front border design 87 x 70 mm; back border design 84 x 70 mm).
Comments: The numbering and both signatures on this example are in a brown ink. There are two signatures on this and higher denominations. There are three large borders with a sheet selvage portion at the bottom. A bundle of wheat is depicted on the back.
Provenance: From the Robert H. Gore, Jr. Numismatic Collection.
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1s6d Serial Number: 3545 DE 05/01/77
Signers: John Jones, Abraham Robinson.
Size: 86 x 70 mm. (front border design 86 x 70 mm; back border design 84 x 70 mm).
Comments: Numbering and first signature in black and the other in a brown ink. A bundle of wheat is depicted on the back.
Provenance: EANA mail bid auction 12/02/95 lot 426. Purchased through the Robert H. Gore, Jr. Numismatic Endowment.
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6s Serial Number: 17,472 DE 05/01/77
Signers: Abraham Robinson, John Jones.
Size: 88 x 71 mm. (front border design 86 x 70 mm; back border design 85 x 69mm).
Comments: Numbering and first signature in black with the second signature in a redish brown ink. A bundle of wheat is depicted on the back.
Provenance: EANA mail bid auction 12/02/95 lot 426. Purchased through the Robert H. Gore, Jr. Numismatic Endowment.
