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Hello,
A question again.
Yesterday I saw a 1775 $8 Pennsylvania bill in VF condition.
The dealer offered this bill for $155.
Is this a good, fair price?
Unfortunately I have no pics.
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I would say that if it is any less than XF it is too highly priced.
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Hello amida17,
Thank you for the answer.
This bill is a nice VF ( 25-30 )not better.
What do you think is a good price for me as collector?
Again Thanks...
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I think $100 - $120 would be fair. Personally I would not go much over $100 if it is raw....up to $120 if it is TPG'd VF. Edited by amida17
05/01/2014 11:30 am
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Super, Thank you.
Perhaps I can get him for this price.
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Do you mean a Continental Currency $8 note? Post a pic if/when you can!
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Hi philadelphian, yes, I mean this Continental bill. He is the same like this one, only in better condition. The paper edges are sharp and and the signatures are clearly visible. A significant center fold is the biggest problem. The paper (cardboard) is still very strong Unfortunately I can not get pictures. http://www.ebay.de/itm/301167225473...RK:MEBIDX:ITEdited by hajduk
05/02/2014 4:43 pm
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I thought so. The colonial paper money of Pennsylvania was all in pounds, shillings, and pence.
Is the note in question May 10, or November 29? And who are the signers? Might make a difference.
Edited by philadelphian
05/02/2014 6:48 pm
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If I may, Franklin's motivation of his design of the $8 Continental Currency note, in his own words: Quote:
On one denomination of the bills there is the figure of a harp, with this motto, MAJORA MINORIBUS CONSONANT; literally, The greater and smaller ones sound together. As the harp is an instrument composed of great and small strings, included in a strong frame, and all so tuned as to agree in concord with each other, I conceive that the frame may be intended to represent our new government by a Continental Congress; and the strings of different lengths and substance, either the several colonies of different weight and force, or the various ranks of people in all of them, who are now united by that government in the most perfect harmony. Edited by philadelphian
05/03/2014 07:26 am
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I hope to get pictures next week.
As soon as I have pictures I will show them.
My first thoughts on the harp, and the number of strings:
I thought at the strings of the harp to the 13 founding states.
The tool frame, is required so that the strings can harmonize together.
I find the harp with its 13 pages was a very good idea, very logical, very American.
philadelphian,
Thanks for any information. That is very interesting.
And the harp shows us, money talks, money is culture...
Our hobby is so interesting.
Sorry for my bad English.
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Today I got some pics.   |
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The $8 is signed by John Purviance and John Mease, the $7 by Samuel Massey and James Ash. Both Purviance and Mease were managers of the national lottery, a scheme dreamed up by the Continental Congress in 1775, which ended up losing a great deal of money for the new nation, rather than helping to fund the war effort, largely because of the rapid devaluation of the Continental Currency these men were signing: http://www3.nd.edu/~rarebook/coins/...descrip.htmlEdited by philadelphian
05/12/2014 8:22 pm
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Hi philadelphian,
Thanks for the information.
What do you think about the value for this bills?
Again Thanks
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Neat!  The price doesn't seem to be bad at all compared to similar notes on ebay. |
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