The bills of the March 1, 1781 Virginia issue were printed on both thin and thick laid paper. This example is printed on thick paper by John Dunlap. Deliberate misspellings were common in this issue as secret anti-counterfeiting marks. This impressive $1000 bill features elaborate ornamental borders and was the highest denomination of the series. Incredibly scarce, of the 18,249 originally printed, only 12 thick papered examples are known to exist today. Neat ultra high denomination for a colonial.
Signers: Bolling Stark, John Lyne, 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 thick paper by John Dunlap. Deliberate misspellings were common in this issue as secret anti-counterfeiting marks. This impressive $1000 bill features elaborate ornamental borders and was the highest denomination of the series. Incredibly scarce, of the 18,249 originally printed, only 12 thick papered examples are known to exist today. Neat ultra high denomination for a colonial.
Signers: Bolling Stark, John Lyne, B. Webb
