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 $750 bill is “D” missing from the end of “Pounds” on the left edge, seen on the note as “Pouns”. Extremely scarce note, of 18,249 originally printed only 2 thin paper examples are known to exist.
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 $750 bill is “D” missing from the end of “Pounds” on the left edge, seen on the note as “Pouns”. Extremely scarce note, of 18,249 originally printed only 2 thin paper examples are known to exist.
Signers: J.M. Simmons, J. Hopkins, B. Webb
Date: March 1, 1781
Denomination: $750
Friedberg #: VA-208.1a
State: Virginia
Certification: PCGS
Grade: Extremely Fine 40
Comments: “Edge Damage, Restorations, Design Redrawn, Edge Tears, Minor ink Erosion”
