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Image

ID

Fr. No.

Origin Date Den.

Description

Grade

Price

CC12869 CC-5 Continental May 10, 1775 $5 Full slightly irregular margins with good centering face & reverse, light rolling of the edges of the paper from circulation, good color and brightness, nice mica, printed by Hall and Sellers XF $250
CC12859 CC-14 Continental Nov. 29, 1775 $4 Printed by Hall & Sellers in Philadelphia with full uniform, differing size margins with centering shifted upward and to the right slightly on the obverse & toward the bottom on the reverse corners rounded slightly AU $360
CC12879 CC-6 Continental May 10, 1775 $6 Full margins cut close on the left and top on obverse, centering shifted up and to the left on the face and upward and to the right on the reverse, printed in Philadelphia with the usual wear and soil for the grade, corners rounded slightly VF+ $250
CC12889 CC-18 Continental Nov. 29, 1775 $8 Close full margins obverse with good centering on the face; the reverse margins are close at the bottom and good size on the other three, centering shifted downward verso.  The note exhibits the normal wear and soil for this grade VF+ $250
CC12899 CC-50 Continental Nov. 2, 1776 $5 Close full irregular margins with good centering on the face; the reverse is rotated counterclockwise slightly with the right margin cut into the device at the bottom, good printing contrast with some circulation soil present XF+ $325
CC12909 CC-52 Continental Nov. 2, 1776 $7 Printed by Hall and Sellers in Philadelphia, this example has close full irregular margins on the obverse and good centering verso with fairly uniform margins, some wear noted along the edges and corners, bright & clean both sides XF $250
CC12919 CC-62 Continental Feb. 26, 1777 $30 Tiny irregular margins obverse, cut past the frame line at the lower right end, full margins verso, printed by Hall and Sellers  with good centering reverse and shifted slightly to the bottom right on the obverse XF+ $440
CC12929 CC-82 Continental Sept. 26, 1778 $20 Hall and Sellers printed this issue which is lightly inked both sides with full unequal margins obverse and reverse, a small stain at the upper left corner verso XF+ $250
CC12939 CC-89 Continental Jan. 14, 1779 $3 Full tight margin left side of obverse, remaining margins are good size, but unequal;  the reverse exhibits large margins and good centering, both sides are well inked and printed by Hall and Sellers with good color and brightness XF+ $250
CC12949 CC-91 Continental Jan. 14, 1779 $3 Full margins front and reverse. top obverse tight, the remainder are good size but unequal in size or shape; color and brightness is good, printed by Hall and Sellers AU $275
CC12647 CT-206 Connecticut June 19, 1776 9p Close full margins with good centering obverse; reverse margins good size with the right one quite a bit smaller, nice color and brightness, exceptional quality V Ch CU $595
CC12698 CT-207 Connecticut 1776 1s Full very small uniform margins on all sides of the obverse, well centered; the centering on the verso is shifted toward the top with nice margins on the remaining three sides, well printed, bright, vertical cut cancel Ch CU $495
CC12749 CT-218 Connecticut Oct. 11, 1777 7d This uniface note has large uniform margins and is well centered, printed on light green heavy paper Ch CU $385
CC12759 DE-79 Delaware Jan. 1, 1776 10s Three good size margins obverse, the right side is very small, cut into the design at the bottom.  On the reverse there are two large margins with the right side cut in at the top, otherwise the remaining two margins are small, but complete, clean XF+ $250
CC12728 DE-91 Delaware May 1, 1777 10s Tiny but full uniform margins on the obverse, the margins are cut into the devises at the left and top on the reverse, the other two back margins are large and well formed; light soiling as usual for this grade XF $450
CC12667 DE-92 Delaware May 1, 1777 20s Tight margins on the face cut to the frame lines on all sides and through at the bottom left; for the reverse, the centering is offset toward the right yielding a large left margin and small bottom with the remaining margins cut into the device, clean Ch AU $395
CC12769 NJ-179 New Jersey Mar. 25, 1776 12s Three small uniform margins, one large irregular on the  face, larger on reverse, with centering shifted slightly toward the left side, clean & bright, good color AU $275
CC12779 NC-138 North Carolina Dec., 1771 10s Three small uniform margins on the obverse of this uniface issue; a bright, clean note AU+ $475
CC12789 NC-140 North Carolina Dec., 1771 30s Two small and two large uniform margins on the obverse of this uniface issue; another bright, clean note XF $435
CC12799 PA-166 Pennsylvania Oct. 1, 1773 5s Tight margins all around on the obverse, good size uniform margins on the reverse; well printed by Hall and Sellers clean and bright, good color AU+ $305
CC12637 PA-167 Pennsylvania Oct. 1, 1773 10s Small irregular margins cut to the frame line at the top with good centering on the obverse; larger margins on reverse with the centering shifted toward the left, clean & bright, good color, nice mica V Ch CU $500
CC12809 PA-169 Pennsylvania Oct. 1, 1773 20s Two smaller uniform margins and two larger, the top being slightly irregular, centering shifted to the left and down on the front; the reverse margins are fairly uniform, the top one being larger, centering shifted downward, clean, with good mica Ch AU+ $275
CC12738 PA-170 Pennsylvania Oct. 1, 1773 50s Three sides have irregular margins, the top is cut into the device, good centering on the obverse, the back has full unequal, irregular margins, centering is shifted toward the left, clean, good mica AU $295
CC12819 PA-201 Pennsylvania Apr. 25, 1776 1s An exceptionally clean example of this issue with full margins, and the centering shifted toward the top on the obverse and toward the upper right on the reverse, with full uniform margins of unequal size verso, a nice piece AU $295
CC12829 RI-284 Rhode Island July 2, 1780 $3 Full small margins on the face, well centered; verso is very similar, also with good centering, bright color, clean *SOLD* Ch CU $360
CC12839 RI-287 Rhode Island July 2, 1780 $7 Full small margins on the face, well centered; verso is very similar with slight cut into the device at the bottom right, with reasonable centering, lightly inked, bright color, clean CU $360
CC12849 RI-291 Rhode Island May 1786 9d Nice large margins on this uniface issue, well centered and well printed on thinner laid paper--a premium note Ch CU $325
CC12718 RI-292 Rhode Island May 1786 1s Bright printing, nice embossing, full margins, well centered, lower right corner rounded, uniface AU $275

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