Connecticut Currency
October 11, 1777
An emission of £5,250 in small change bills of credit payable in lawful money by October 10, 1782. Printed in New London by Timothy Green II with engraved borders and typeset text. (This Green is the first cousin once removed of Timothy Green Jr., who had printed currency for Connecticut until his death on October 3, 1763). The front of each note shows the seal of the colony with three grape vines and a hand that points to the right on some denominations and to the left on others. The scroll carries the abbreviated motto "QUI TRAN SUST" sometimes lacking the final N or final T (What is transplanted survives). In the border is: "SIGILLUM : COLON : CONNECTICENSIS" (Seal of the Colony of Connecticut). This form of the seal was on every emission from 1755 -1780. The October 1777 emission was signed and numbered in red ink and usually slash canceled upon redemption. Some were signed and registered on the blank back by the comptroller. Some were printed on white paper but the majority are on coarse blue paper with a combined emission for each demonination of 60,000 notes. The denominations printed were: 2d, 3d, 4d, 5d and 7d notes.obv
2d Serial Number: 34961 CT 10/11/77
Signers: Sam Squire.
Size: 66 x 79mm (front border design: 54 x 47mm, left jumbo sheet margin 32mm; back blank).
Comments: Printed on coarse blue paper. The hand on the state arms points to the left. This example has an extra wide left margin, which appears to go to the end of the original sheet on which it was printed. Redemption registration on back signed in red ink, "Register[e]d J. Porter, Compt[roller]." Click here to view the annotated back.
Provenance: Purchased through the Robert H. Gore, Jr. Numismatic Endowment from the EANA mail bid auction of 12/02/95, lot 412.
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3d Serial Number: 34980 CT 10/11/77
Signers: Sam Squire.
Size: 64 x 52mm (front border design: 54 x 47mm; back blank).
Comments: Printed on coarse blue paper. The hand on the state arms points to the left. Redemption registration on back signed in red ink, "Register[e]d J. Porter, Compt[roller]."
Provenance: E Purchased through the Robert H. Gore, Jr. Numismatic Endowment from the EANA mail bid auction of 12/02/95, lot 412.
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4d Serial Number: 34961 CT 10/11/77
Signers: Sam Squire.
Size: 66 x 51mm (front border design 54 x 47mm; back blank).
Comments: Printed on coarse blue paper. The hand on the state arms points to the left.. Redemption registration on back signed in red ink, "Register[e]d J. Porter, Compt[roller]." Click here to view the annotated back.
Provenance: E Purchased through the Robert H. Gore, Jr. Numismatic Endowment from the EANA mail bid auction of 12/02/95, lot 412.
