Early Paper Money of America / Georgia / 1776 Undated
Certificates printed in red and black in a sheet of eight subjects but undated. The same style and size as the 1776 Gold Option issue which may be correlated to this issue. The tenure of the signers serving on the Council of Safety indicates issuance in late 1776 or early 1777. Each denomination has a distinctive engraved black vignette. The border of a variety of $4 certificate is the same as both a variety of the $4 light blue seal issue and the $4 maroon seal issue. Signers were Benjamin Andrew, Adam F. Brisbane, Nathan Brownson, William Bryan, Richard Burkloe, Charles F. Chevalier, Jonathan Cochran, Job Colcock, John Elliott, William Ewen, Jonathan B. Girardeau, Joseph Gibbons, William Glascock, John Houstoun, William Jackson, William LeConte, William O'Bryen, Quintin Pooler, Daniel Roberts, John Screven, John Stark, John A. Treutlen, and John Wereat. There were five signers on each certificate.
$3 Crossed cannon$4 Frontiersman with sword and rifle. Two border varieties:
(a) Ornaments on inside line of left border are varied. Same border as $4 variety (d) of light blue seal and maroon seal issues.
(b) Ornaments on inside line of left border are identical.
$5 Barrel beehive. Two border varieties:
(c) Small cross in center of bottom border. Same border as $4 variety (c) of light blue seal and maroon seal issues.
(d) Two exclamation points in top border and two inverted exclamation points in bottom border.
$8 Man holding a sword. Two border varieties:
(e) Two horizontal lines in center of left border.
(f) Two parentheses at center of left border.
$10 Cannon
