The bills of the March 1, 1781 Virginia issue were printed on both thin and thick laid paper. This example is printed on thin paper and therefor faced incredibly low survivability. Featuring a typeset design and ornamental borders. Deliberate misspellings were common in this issue as secret anti-counterfeiting marks. The secret mark on this high denomination $250 bill is “8” at the end of “Dollar” on the left edge, seen on the note as “DOLLAR8”. Extremely scarce note, of 18,249 originally printed only 7 thin paper examples are known to exist today.
Signers: J.M. Simmons, J. Hopkins, B. Webb
The bills of the March 1, 1781 Virginia issue were printed on both thin and thick laid paper. This example is printed on thin paper and therefor faced incredibly low survivability. Featuring a typeset design and ornamental borders. Deliberate misspellings were common in this issue as secret anti-counterfeiting marks. The secret mark on this high denomination $250 bill is “8” at the end of “Dollar” on the left edge, seen on the note as “DOLLAR8”. Extremely scarce note, of 18,249 originally printed only 7 thin paper examples are known to exist today.
Signers: J.M. Simmons, J. Hopkins, B. Webb
Date: March 1, 1781
Denomination: $250
Friedberg #: VA-207a
State: Virginia
Certification: PCGS
Grade: Very Fine 25
Comments: “Piece Added, Ink Erosion”
