William Penn
Biography
bORN IN London, England. Married Gulielma Maria Springett April 4, 1672. She died in 1694. Married Hannah Callowhill in January 1696. He had four sons.
Penn received a land grant from Charles II. On this land he founded the colony of Pennsylvania in 1681. He died in Ruscombe, Berkshire.
Penn appears on paper money:
$1 1857 Penn Township Savings, Philadelphia
$2 1856 Bank of Newark, Delaware
$5 1841 Towanda Bank, Pennsylvania
$5 1859 Fort Stanwix bank, Oneida, New York
$10 1826 Bank of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
$10 1833 Bank of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
$20 Pisatqua Exchange Bank, Portsmith, NH
$20 Farmers Bank of Schuylkill County, PA
Penn appears on three mint medals. A 38 mm medal (Julian CM-40) was produced for the Pennsylvania Bicentennial in 1882. Dies were by George T. Morgan. A second 38 mm medal (Julian CM-41) has the same obverse but a different reverse. The third medal for the Bicentennial was 25 mm (Julian CM-42) with dies by Morgan. Julian reports that 75,000 were distributed during a parade October 24, 1882. The mint sold modern copies of this medal (USM 613).
bio: ApCAB; DAB; Drake; EAB; NCAB 2; TCBDA; WAB; WWWA-H
Source credit: Pete Smith, American Numismatic Biographies
Bio Snapshot
Date of Birth: 1644 Oct 14Place of Birth: London, England
Date of Death: 1718 Jul 30