Early Paper Money of America / South Carolina / 1775 April-May Promissory Notes of Citizens
Indented private promissory notes jointly signed by Miles Brewton, Benjamin Huger, Thomas Lynch, Henry Middleton, and Roger Smith to finance war expenditures prior to the organization of the Provincial Congress. This issue was apparently to be the ultimate responsibility of the Province. These notes contained engraved faces and backs and were printed on thin paper with handwritten dates from April 18 to May 23, 1775.
£20 Very Fine $2,185 Stack’s May, 2004£50 Very Fine $1,725 Stack’s May, 2004
