Continental Currency

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CC-16  Signed by John Shee

Colonel in Revolutionary War

1775 Continental 6 Dollars Note

PMG

EF-40

$495.00

CC-16  Signed by Daniel Cunyngham Clymer

Pennsylvania Attorney & Colonel in Revolutionary War

1775 Continental 6 Dollars Note

PMG

AU-50

EPQ

$695.00

CC-20  Designed by Benjamin Franklin

Most Popular Continental Note

1776 Continental 1/3 Dollar "Fugio" Note

PMG

AU-55

EPQ

$1995.00

CC-21  Designed by Benjamin Franklin

Most Popular Continental Note

1776 Continental 1/2 Dollar "Fugio" Note

PMG

AU-50

EPQ

$1595.00

CC-23 Signed by John Mease

Pennsylvania Patriot & "Last of the Cocked Hats"

1776 Continental 1 Dollar Note

PMG

ChVF-35

EPQ

$495.00

CC-26  Signed by Benjamin Jacobs & Israel Whelen

Jewish Signer of Continental Currency & Commissary General

1776 Continental 4 Dollars Note

PMG

EF-40

$495.00

CC-26  Signed by Isaac Howell and Robert A. Roberts

AUT MORS AUT VITA DECORA (Either death or an honorable life)

1776 Continental 4 Dollars Note

PMG

ChU-64

EPQ

$995.00

CC-26  Signed by Matthew Clarkson

Pennsylvania Delegate to the Continental Congress & Philadelphia Mayor

1776 Continental 4 Dollars Note

PMG

VF-25

$295.00

CC-28  Signed by Tench Tilghman & James Milligan

Aide-de-camp to General George Washington & Comptroller General of the United States Treasury

1776 Continental 6 Dollars Note

PMG

AU-53

EPQ

$695.00

CC-31  Signed by Samuel Sellers & George Campbell

DEPRESSA RESURGIT (Though crushed it recovers)

1776 Continental 1 Dollar Note

PMG

ChEF-45

$595.00

CC-60  Signed by Benjamin Levy

Jewish Signer of Continental Currency

1777 Continental 7 Dollars "Baltimore" Note

PMG

ChEF-45

$695.00

CC-62  Signed by Joshua Barney

Baltimore Native & Revolutionary War Naval Hero

1777 Continental 30 Dollars "Baltimore" Note

PMG

ChEF-45

EPQ

$595.00

CC-66  Signed by James Ewing

Pennsylvania Soldier & Statesman

1777 Continental 5 Dollars "United States" Note

PMG

EF-40

$1595.00

CC-77  Signed by Jedediah Snowden

Philadelphia Cabinetmaker & Statesman

1778 Continental 30 Dollars "Yorktown" Note

PCGS

AN-53

PPQ

$2995.00

CC-84  Signed by Gunning Bedford Jr

Delaware Delegate to the Continental Congress & Signer of the United States Constitution

1778 Continental 40 Dollars Note

PMG

AU-53

EPQ

$2995.00

CC-97  Signed by Robert A. Roberts & John Leacock

Pennsylvania Patriot and Famous Playwright

1779 Continental 50 Dollars Note

PMG

AU-50

$395.00

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Colonial Currency

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CT-194  Printed by Timothy Green

Famous Connecticut Printer

1776 Connecticut 1 Shilling Note

PMG

ChAU-58

EPQ

$395.00
CT-216  Signed by John Treadwell

Connecticut Delegate to Continental Congress & Governor

1777 Connecticut 4 Pence Note

PMG

AU-55

$295.00
DE-67  Printed by Benjamin Franklin

Famous Printer & Patriot

1759 Delaware 15 Shillings "John J. Ford, Jr." Note

PMG

VF-25

$3995.00
DE-73  Signed by John McKinly, Thomas Collins & Boaz Manlove

2 Colonial Governors of  Delaware & Notorious Tory

1776 Delaware 1 Shilling Note

PMG

AU-55

EPQ

$395.00
DE-77  Signed by John McKinly, Thomas Collins & Boaz Manlove

2 Colonial Governors of  Delaware & Notorious Tory

1776 Delaware 5 Shillings Note

PMG

AU-55

EPQ

$495.00
DE-80  Signed by John McKinly, Thomas Collins & Boaz Manlove

2 Colonial Governors of  Delaware & Notorious Tory

1776 Delaware 20 Shillings Note

PMG

EF-40

EPQ

SOLD
GA-87  Signed by Benjamin Andrew

Georgia Delegate to the Continental Congress

1777 Georgia 5 Dollars Note

PMG

ChVF-35

$2995.00
MA-204 Printed by Benjamin Edes

Famous Printer & Patriot

1776 Massachusetts 5 Shillings Note

PMG

VF-30

$595.00
MA-272 Printed by Paul Revere

Famous Printer & Patriot

1779 Massachusetts 4 Shillings "Rising Sun" Note

PCGS

AN-50

$1995.00
MD-69  Printed by Anne C. Green Signed by William Eddis

Famous Printer & a British Loyalist

1774 Maryland 6 Dollars Note

PMG

EF-40

$295.00
MD-70  Printed by Anne C. Green Signed by William Eddis

Famous Printer & a British Loyalist

1774 Maryland 8 Dollars Note

PMG

EF-40

$295.00
MD-89  Printed by Frederick Green Signed by James Brice

Mayor of Annapolis & Governor of Maryland

1775 Maryland 6 Dollars Note

PMG

ChVF-35

$495.00
NH-141 Signed by Nicholas Gilman

Signer of the United States Constitution

1775 New Hampshire 3 Pounds Note

PMG

AU-55

EPQ

$3995.00
NJ-176  Signed by John Hart & Colonel John Stevens

New Jersey Signer of the Declaration of Independence & Treasurer of New Jersey

1776 New Jersey 18 Pence Note

PCGS

ChAN-58

PPQ

$795.00

NJ-187  Signed  by Philemon Dickinson, David Brearly & Joseph Borden

Delaware Delegate to the Continental Congress, Signer of the United States Constitution & Revolutionary War Colonel

1780 New Jersey 4 Dollars Note

PMG

VF-25

$595.00
NY-173 "Water Works Note" Signed by John H. Cruger

Chamberlain of New York City and Loyalist Soldier

1775 New York 2 Shillings Note

PMG

ChU-64

$595.00

NY-197 "Water Works Note"

Signed by Colonel Abraham Brasher & Andrew Gautier

1776 New York 8 Shillings Note

PMG

ChAU-58

EPQ

$795.00

NC-170  Signed by J. Burk

"Union of Hearts the Strength of Interests"

1778 North Carolina 1/8 Dollar Note

PMG

VF-25

$595.00

PA-137  Signed by Jacob Lewis

Issued for the Relief and Employment of the Poor in  the City of Philadelphia

1769 Pennsylvania 9 Pence "Bettering House Money" Note

PMG

ChF-15

$695.00

PA-159  "Lighthouse Note"

Engraving of the Cape Henlopen Lighthouse

1773 Pennsylvania 4 Shillings Note

PMG

AU-53

EPQ

$595.00

PA-161  Signed by Frederick Kuhl

Engraving of the Cape Henlopen Lighthouse

1773 Pennsylvania 14 Shillings Note

PMG

ChEF-45

$495.00

PA-174  "Lighthouse Note"

Engraving of the Cape Henlopen Lighthouse

1775 Pennsylvania 16 Shillings Note

PMG

ChAU-58

EPQ

$995.00

PA-212  Printed by John Dunlap

Famous Printer

1777 Pennsylvania 9 Pence Note

PMG

GemU-66

EPQ

$995.00
SC-131 "Hostile Only to the Hostile" Elephant Note

Signed by Philip Neyler, John Berwick & William Parker

1776 South Carolina 4 Dollars Note

PMG

EF-40

$1995.00
SC-133 "Fearlessly" Wind on Rock Note

Signed by William Scott Jr, John S. Dart & William Parker

1776 South Carolina 8 Dollars Note

PMG

AU-53

EPQ

$2995.00
VA-124 Signed by L. Wood

Convention Money "Death to Counterfeit"

1777 Virginia 2/3 Dollar Note

PMG

AU-55

$795.00

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Historic Documents

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Richard Henry Bayard - (1796-1868)

First Mayor of Wilmington in 1832, Chief Justice of Delaware and United States Senator from Delaware. Signed letter dated April 26, 1848 concerning certain claims upon the estate of Ebenezer Tucker. Measures 8”x 10”.

$195.00

Thomas Francis Bayard - (1828-1898)Thomas

U.S. statesman, born in Wilmington, Delaware. He was the son of James Asheton Bayard (1799-1880). He began his law practice at Wilmington in 1851. An active Democrat, Bayard was elected U.S. Senator in 1869 to succeed his father and was reelected in 1875 and 1881. He became Secretary of State during Cleveland's first administration. Bayard was much concerned with Anglo-American relations. He became ambassador to Great Britain during Cleveland's second term. ALS, Washington, D.C., Friday, April 7, 1876. To a Mr. Ward: "Will you dine with me today at seven, quite informally?". Measures 5”x 8”.

$195.00

John Dickinson - (1732-1808)

1785 Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Vellum Document signed by Governor, John Dickinson, a Delaware Signer of the U.S. Constitution. A Patent Deed issued to George and Frederick Knapp for a parcel of land in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. It is docketed and signed by Revolutionary War Captain Mathew Irwin as Master of Rolls and Recorder of Deeds for Philadelphia. The document is in excellent condition - clean and bright with the manuscript text and signatures bold and beautiful. Measures 14"x 14".

$995.00

Thomas McKean - (1734-1817)

Legal DS dated August, 1761. Very fine condition. Refers to a court case in which McKean represented the defendant. McKean, is best known as a Delaware Signer of the Declaration of Independence, but also served in the Congress of the Confederation, and as Pennsylvania Governor. Boldly signed by McKean on front and verso. Measures 7 ¼”x 2 ½”.

$995.00

Louis McLane - (1786-1857)

Delaware U.S. Representative and U.S. Senator. U.S. Secretary Treasurer in President Andrew Jackson’s Cabinet. Signed letter from Treasury Department, dated October 31, 1831, concerning 3 cases of merchandise onboard the Brig America. 6 ¼”x 8 ¼” professionally matted and framed using acid free materials with a color portrait of McLane to an overall size of 14”x 19 ½”.

$295.00

Louis McLane - (1786-1857)

Delaware U.S. Representative and U.S. Senator. U.S. Secretary Treasurer in President Andrew Jackson’s Cabinet. ALS, February 8, 1838. He has asked Mr. Atkinson to forward copies of his {McLane's] testimony “before the Committee at Annapolis ... together with a letter from Mr. Nicholas from which I am happy to perceive that our prospects are brightening.” Measures 8”x 10”.

$195.00

Robert Treat Paine - (1731-1814)

Signer of the Declaration of Independence. 1783 Legal Document in excellent condition, signed “R T Paine” and entirely penned in his hand on laid paper with the papermaker’s watermark. "The Jurors for The Body of The County of Bristol upon their Oaths Present that Joseph Eddy of Taunton on The 28th Day of April Last at Norton Labourer with Force and Arms Broke open The Corn Crib of Jacob Sheppard & then & there Took, Stole and carried away from there A Half a Bushel of Indian Corn then & there being Found of The Goods & Chattels of The sd Jacob Sheppard of The Value of 4 Shillings to The Damage of The sd Jacob Sheppard in Evil Example to others if  found in like case against the Peace of our Commonwealth and there Laws in such case made & provided." Silvester Richmond Foreman Signs along with Jacob Sheppard as witness. Guilty Fined L3. On verso it reads Indictment of Joseph Eddy for Theft. Measures 6 ½”x 8”.

$995.00

George Read - (1733-1798)

Signer of the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution. American lawyer and revolutionary leader, a member of the Continental Congress and a vigorous upholder of the rights of small states. Instrumental in having Delaware become the first state to ratify the U.S. Constitution in 1787. Scarce good content War date ADS. Signed, "Geo: Read," as Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals in Admiralty Cases, May 18, 1782, issuing subpoenas in the case of William Camblin vs. Francis Wade.            Measures 8”x 5”.

$1995.00

Commodore John Rodgers - (1772-1838)

Distinguished Naval Officer during War of 1812. Signed letter dated January 24, 1835, to Commodore James Barron. 6 ½”x 8 ¾” professionally matted and framed using acid free materials with an engraving of Rodgers to an overall size of 13 ½”x 20 ½”.

$295.00

      Caesar Augustus Rodney - (1772-1824)

Autograph Letter Signed, "Caesar A. Rodney", Wilmington, Delaware, March 25, 1799. Rodney represented Delaware in the House and Senate, was Attorney General, 1807-1811, and became our first Minister to Argentina. Backed on cardstock. Measures 6”x 6 ¼”.

$195.00

      Caesar Augustus Rodney - (1772-1824)

Autograph Letter Signed, "C.A. Rodney", Wilmington, Delaware, March 26, 1804 to Samuel Carswell, Philadelphia. Rodney represented Delaware in the House and Senate, was Attorney General, 1807-1811, and became our first Minister to Argentina. This letter mentions Alexander Hamilton, who was soon to die in a duel with Aaron Burr. It reads in part, "…I directed A. Hamilton to advise you to ---- the 600 Dollars from Higgins on the terms he proposed as the Court will soon come around. Mrs. Rodney presented me last Tuesday with a fine boy…". Rodney signed this document 4 times. Torn at wax seal.       Measures 10”x 16”.

$495.00

William Williams - (1731-1811)

Signer of the Declaration of Independence, American merchant, politician and statesman. Born in Lebanon, Connecticut. Member of the Continental Congress (1776-1778, 1783 and 1784), member of the governor’s Council (1784-1803). ADS, Lebanon (Connecticut), April 6, 1774 to John Lawrence, Esq., Treasurer of the Colony about reimbursement for the transportation of a woman “greatly infected with the foul disease.” “Wm. Williams Judge…” One corner torn. Writing strong and bold.              Measures 6”x 7 ½”.

$995.00

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Other Stuff

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This yellow Dutch brick was dug up within the stockade site near the De Vries monument in Lewes, Delaware during an archeological excavation of the site conducted by the Sussex Archaeological  Association in 1952. The brick measures approximately 1" x 3" x 7" and comes in an oak hinged box for protection.

$1995.00

Delaware Prison Tokens made of brass and used as money by inmates. Prison officials authorized these tokens in order to prevent contraband from entering the prisons. The purpose is to limit a prisoner's spending as normal coinage supplied by friends of the prisoner is useless within the walls of the prison. Two types "Delaware Board of Corrections" and "New Castle County Workhouse Wilmington, Del." Available in $1.00, 25 cents, 10 cents, 5 cents and 1 cent denominations.

$20.00 each
2 pounder cannonball found near Mount Independence, Vermont, across Lake Champlain from Fort Ticonderoga, New York. It is one of 72 found in the ruins of an old stone warehouse foundation where General Benedict Arnold armed his ships in preparation for the Battle of Valcour Island on Lake Champlain in 1776. $295.00

1823 Delaware State Lottery Ticket to finance the completion of St Peter's Church. The scheme of prizes is on the front of the ticket. The ticket is printed on clean laid paper and the lettering is very sharp. It is in excellent condition and has nice margins.

$195.00

1853 Bank of Milford $1.00 Obsolete Note. The General Assembly of Delaware on February 4, 1851, passed an act to incorporate a bank in Milford. The Bank of Milford opened for business in August of 1852.

$295.00

1854 Bank of Milford $2.00 Obsolete Note. The General Assembly of Delaware on February 4, 1851, passed an act to incorporate a bank in Milford. The Bank of Milford opened for business in August of 1852.

$295.00

1854 Bank of Milford $3.00 Obsolete Note. The General Assembly of Delaware on February 4, 1851, passed an act to incorporate a bank in Milford. The Bank of Milford opened for business in August of 1852.

$295.00

1854 Bank of Milford $5.00 Obsolete Note. The General Assembly of Delaware on February 4, 1851, passed an act to incorporate a bank in Milford. The Bank of Milford opened for business in August of 1852.

$295.00

1862 The Farmers & Mechanics Bank of Milford $1.00 Civil War Era Obsolete Note. Obsolete banknotes are also known as “broken banknotes” or “wildcat notes.” Before there were National banknotes many private banks issued their own paper money without US Government backing. Many of these notes became worthless when the banks closed.

$295.00

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