Early Paper Money of America / Georgia / 1777 June 8, 1777 Resolution
Typeset Certificates payable in Continental Currency instead of Spanish dollars when Georgia exchange was 155.8 for 100 in specie. Issued pursuant to the June 8, 1777 Resolution to support troops, etc. Denominations of $4/s and under are printed in black and are slightly smaller than the higher denominations, which are printed in red and black. Because of alignment difficulty in printing the red portion of the sixth line of the first group of certificates of $1 and over, the type was reset so that the sixth line would be only four words long and would be printed entirely in red. Red circular seals appeared on $1 through $4 denominations and dark blue circular seals on $5 through $8. Portions of a large decorative watermark are visible in the paper of some bills. Signers were Edward Langworthy, William O'Bryen, Nehemiah Wade, Joseph Wood and Richard Wylly. The $3/4 denomination and under have two signatures; $4/5 has three; $1 has three or four; and the others have five.
$1/10 (6d) Ship
$1/5 (1s) Fenced house
$1/4 (1s3d) Same border as variety (c) of $4/5
$1/3 (1s8d) Same border as variety (d) of $4/5
$2/5 (2s) Same border as variety (a) of $4/5
$1/2 (2s6d) Same border as variety (e) of $4/5
$2/3 (3s4d)
$3/4 (3s9d) Same border as variety (b) of $4/5
$4/5 (4s) Five border varieties:
(a) Question mark on left of center of bottom border.
(b) Lower right corner ornament matches bottom border ornaments.
(c) In right border ninth ornament from bottom is flanked by two lines.
(d) In right border five X like ornaments in the center are between spiral ornaments.
(e) In bottom border a vertical line and a question mark are separated by an ornament.
$1 Justice. SUSTINE RECTUM. Black “in”
$1 Justice. SUSTINE RECTUM. Red “in”. Two border varieties:
(f) Ornaments in top border identical.
(g) Odd ornament near left end of top border.
$2 Ship. Black “in”
$2 Ship. Red “in”
$3 Frontiersman. Black “in”
$3 Frontiersman. Red “in”
$4 Stag. Black “in”
$4 Stag. Red “in”
$5 Rattlesnake. NEMO ME IMPUNE LACESSET. Black “in”
$5 Rattlesnake. NEMO ME IMPUNE LACESSET. Red “in”
$6 Millstone on palm tree. OPPRESSA SURGIT. Black “in”
$6 Millstone on palm tree. OPPRESSA SURGIT. Red “in”
$7 Liberty Cap. LIBERTAS CARIOR AURO. Black “in”
$7 Liberty Cap. LIBERTAS CARIOR AURO. Red “in”
$8 Thirteen Links. C CONGRESS. Black “in”
$8 Thirteen Links. C CONGRESS. Red “in”
