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British Government. An Act to Regulate and Restrain Paper Bills of Credit in His Majesty's Colonies or Plantations of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, Connecticut, the Massachusets Bay, and New Hampshire in America... Anno Regni Georgii II. Regis ... Vicesimo Quarto... London: Printed by Thomas Baskett, 1751). Folio, later plain paper covers, stitched. 4 leaves, paginated (1117)-1123, (1). The Currency Act of 1751, discussed in the introduction to Eric P. Newman's Early Paper Money of America, where he notes that "This law had the effect of eliminating the amount of new paper money in New England and holding any such new issues free of depreciation." Fine. Estimate $200. Ex: Eric P. Newman Numismatic Education Society.
Heritage Auctions 11/2018 (Newman XI), lot15816 (realized $47).
Heritage link: http://www.ha.com/c/item.zx?saleNo=1283&lotIdNo=11063 |
