Item 26: Twelve Shilling Note, New Jersey Colonial Currency, Printed by I[saac] Collins, 1776 March 25

Item — Box: 16, Folder: 26

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Twelve Shilling Note, New Jersey Colonial Currency, Printed by I[saac] Collins, 1776 March 25.

Dates

Created: 1776 March 25

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Extent

1 items

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

Type of Material:

Dollar.

Condition Note:

Fair.

Measurements:

4 ⅞ in. x 2 ⅛ in.

Description:

A New Jersey dollar printed during the American Revolution valued at twelve shillings. The back of the dollar has a proclamation saying that the 12 shillings is approved by King George III in red ink. At the bottom there are three handwritten signatures for Jona Deare, Rob Smith, and Joe Smith. The front has an illustration of a leaf in the center of the bill. Below the illustration is the information that it was printed in Burlington, New Jersey by the printer I. Collins or Isaac Collins, a printer and publisher in the late 18th century. Collins worked at several printing presses throughout the Northeast colonies. He was the official printer for King George the Third in the colonies, and would print government documents and currency such as this dollar. Even though he worked for the monarch he was involved in the American Revolution and later printed the new nation's currency.

Location:

Burlington, New Jersey.

Transcription:

Front: Twelve Shillings To counterfeit is Death [Illustration] Burlington in New-Jersey Printed by I. Collins, 1776. Back: TWELVE SHILLINGS. No. g541 THIS BILL of TWELVE SHILLINGS Proclamation, is emitted by a Law of the Colony of New-Jersey, paffed the the Fourteenth Year of the Reign of his Majesty King George the Third. Dated March 25, 1776 Twelve Shillings Jona Deare Rob Smith Joe Smith