New York Colonial Note Fr#NY-178 September 2, 1775 $2 PMG 8
The notes of the September 2, 1775 issue were payable in Spanish milled silver dollars and printed on thick paper by John Holt. This issue discontinued the warning of death to counterfeiters. On the reverse there is an emblem depicting a pair of storks encircled by the latin motto “SALUTARIS SIBI PARENTIBUSQUE” (Fortune for itself and its parents). Only 5,000 of these $2 notes were originally printed.
Signers: Robert Ray
The notes of the September 2, 1775 issue were payable in Spanish milled silver dollars and printed on thick paper by John Holt. This issue discontinued the warning of death to counterfeiters. On the reverse there is an emblem depicting a pair of storks encircled by the latin motto “SALUTARIS SIBI PARENTIBUSQUE” (Fortune for itself and its parents). Only 5,000 of these $2 notes were originally printed.
Signers: Robert Ray
The notes of the September 2, 1775 issue were payable in Spanish milled silver dollars and printed on thick paper by John Holt. This issue discontinued the warning of death to counterfeiters. On the reverse there is an emblem depicting a pair of storks encircled by the latin motto “SALUTARIS SIBI PARENTIBUSQUE” (Fortune for itself and its parents). Only 5,000 of these $2 notes were originally printed.
Signers: Robert Ray
Date: September 2, 1775
Denomination: $2
Friedberg #: NY-178
State: New York
Certification: PMG
Grade: 8
Comments: “Severed and Reattached”