Unnamed set - 18551
$3

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Set Details
Note Description: Continental Currency
$3 May 9, 1776 Colonial Notes
Grade: VF 20
Country: US
Note Number: CC-33
Certification #: 5004614-001  
Owner: W. Ashby
Sets Competing: Unnamed set - 18551  Score: 500
Continental Currency One-Per-Session Set  Score: 500
Date Added: 3/21/2018
Research: See PMG's Census Report for this Note

Owner's Description

Continental Currency, May 9, 1776, Fr # CC-33, $3



PMG Very Fine 20, PMG notes upper right hand corner is missing and a paper split. Very nice eye appeal.




The front features an eagle on wing attacking a crane which has turned on it's back and has driven it's sharp beak thru the eagles breast. The eagle may represent Great Britain and the crane the American Colonies.

The Latin phrase " Exitus In Dubio Est " translates to The Outcome Is In Doubt, possibly an admonition to the contending parties to proceed with caution. Many Colonial and Continental notes carried messages of a political nature and this is one of the more famous emblems. Signed by Morris and John Howard.

Printed by Hall and Sellers in Philadelphia in 1776. David Hall was a business partner with Benjamin Franklin until 1766 when he bought out Franklins share of the business and formed the new firm of Hall and Sellers.

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