| Description |
Continental Currency. February 26, 1777 $30 Newman 3.1 Contemporary Counterfeit Fr. CC-62CF. PCGS Very Fine 35. A third and pleasing Baltimore $30 type. No. 3294. Printed on thin paper. Diagnostics: Newman 3.1: Engraved. On the face: To the left of the penned serial number, the left serifs of N in No touch the border line. In the text, the baseline of the first or is below the baseline of the subsequent the. There is a semicolon after Silver rather than a comma. The B in Baltimore is too large and too close to the adjacent a. The letters eb and ruary in February are too tightly spaced. In the motto, RECTE is misspelled REOTE, and the C in FACIES is closed to resemble a deformed O. Also in the motto, the S in FACIES tilts too far to the right. On the back: In THIRTY, the lower serifs of HIR and the upper serifs of IR nearly touch. The period is missing after DOLLARS. In the left vignette, the tops of the waves are overly defined with deeply engraved lines. The second s in Sellers tilts too far to the right. Both sides show very dark printing. There are a few, scattered pinholes. Likely a rare type. Ex: Eric P. Newman Numismatic Education Society.
From Newman X (Heritage Auctions, November 2018), lot 20059, realized $384. |
