Virginia Colonial currency three pounds contemporary counterfeit, dated June 8, 1757
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
June 8, 1757
Issued under the Act of Assembly passed on June 8, 1757, this three-pound denomination note is styled after the plates of William Hunter. The banknote is uniface, meaning the printing appears only on one side, and measures 70mm x 60mm.
It features hand-penned signatures falsely attributed to Peyton Randolph and R. C. Nicholas, with the word 'Forged' also written by hand on both the face and the blank back. The note carries the serial number 22560. As a contemporary counterfeit, this piece served as a deceptive substitute in colonial commerce and is recognized as the Newman Plate Note from page 438 of the 2008 5th Edition of The Paper Money of America.
It has been professionally certified as Choice Very Fine-35 by PCGS Banknote and is noted for its lack of negative comments or qualifiers.
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Physical characteristics
- Dimensions
- 70mm x 60mm
Technical characteristics
- Type
- Contemporary counterfeit
- Format
- Uniface
- Denomination
- Three Pounds
- Serial number
- 22560
Design
- Obverse
- Falsely signed by Peyton Randolph and R. C. Nicholas
- Inscriptions
- Three Pounds, Current Money of Virginia, According to Act of Assembly passed June 8, 1757, Forged
Identification
- Source note
- Described from a single auction-house listing published on Invaluable (reproduced with Invaluable's permission). Details apply to that one example; other examples of the type may differ, and the listing is supplementary evidence, not authentication.
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Catalogue references
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