| Description |
Continental Currency. May 20, 1777 $8 Newman 1.2 Contemporary Counterfeit Fr. CC-69CF. PCGS Choice About New 55. This counterfeit was supposedly a correction of Newman 1.1, except the perpetrators placed the back in the incorrect juxtaposition relative to the face. No. 44931. Printed on thin paper. Diagnostics: Newman 1.2: Engraved. On the face: Same as Newman 1.1 above, except that the period after DOLLARS under the vignette has been added. On the back: The nature print background has been further muddled to mostly eliminate the crude cross-hatching. The back is now in the wrong juxtaposition relative to the face. (The counterfeit bill, when turned horizontally from the face, has the stem of the leaf pointing upward toward the viewer's right rather than downward toward the viewer's left on the genuine bill.) High grade with only some light handling seen. A pleasing piece. Ex: Eric P. Newman Numismatic Education Society.
From Newman X (Heritage Auctions, November 2018), lot 20414, realized $396. |
