1759 Delaware Fifteen-Shilling Note — Printed by Benjamin Franklin & David Hall — Separated Paper Layers

1759 Delaware Fifteen-Shilling Note — Printed by Benjamin Franklin & David Hall — Separated Paper Layers

$395.00
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1759 Delaware Fifteen-Shilling Note — Printed by Benjamin Franklin & David Hall — Separated Paper Layers

1759 Delaware Fifteen-Shilling Note — Printed by Benjamin Franklin & David Hall — Separated Paper Layers

$395.00

June 1, 1759. Friedberg DE-67. 

An original Delaware fifteen-shilling colonial currency note from the June 1, 1759 issue, printed by Benjamin Franklin and David Hall for the counties of New Castle, Kent, and Sussex on Delaware.

The surviving printing includes the denomination, references to King George II, the Franklin–Hall printer’s imprint, a horse vignette, and the warning “To Counterfeit is DEATH.”

Condition: A single note with its front and back paper layers separated, shown side by side in the photograph. Extensive wear, fading, soiling, splits, and edge losses. Offered ungraded and in damaged condition.

An affordable example of Franklin–Hall colonial currency, retaining recognizable historical and decorative features.