Pennsylvania Colonial Currency Quartet, October 1st, 1773. Signed by Samuel Miles and Owen Jones Jr.
Pennsylvania, 1773. October 1st, 1773. Lot of 4 Issued banknotes: 5 Shillings, P-S2540D, S/N 18398; 10 Shillings, P-S2540E, S/N 2397; 15 Shillings, P-S2540F, S/N 9298; and 20 Shillings, P-S2540G. All have black and red text and are in Fine-VF condition. Printed by Hall and Sellers. Signatures include Thomas Leech, Sam Miles, Owen Jones Jr., and Samuel Fisher. Samuel Miles (March 11, 1740 - December 29, 1805) was an American military officer and politician, as well as an influential businessman and politician, active in Pennsylvania before, during, and after the American Revolutionary War. He was the mayor of Philadelphia from 1790-1791. Hall and Sellers was a Philadelphia printing company originally established by Benjamin Franklin. In 1743 Franklin hired David Hall (1714-77), a Scottish journeyman printer, and in 1748 made the latter a partner. The firm printed the Pennsylvania Gazette, Franklin's newspaper. In 1766 Franklin sold his share in the business to Hall, and later that same year Hall brought in the journeyman printer William Sellers as his new partner, establishing Hall & Sellers. The firm carried government contracts, including printing paper money. (4)
Estimate: USD 350 - 650