March 11, 1760, Current Money of Virginia Colonial Currency, Act of Assembly Passed March 11, MDCCLX (1760), Two Pounds or Twelve Crowns or 60 Shillings, PMG Finest Certified, PMG graded Very Fine-30.
Fr. VA-38. The currency George Washington may have used. Friedberg states: “All Issues From VA-1 to VA-61 Are VERY RARE or EXTREMELY RARE.” Serial No. 504 (only a few numbers from the Newman Plate note page 440 with serial number 529). Signed by Peyton Randolph and Ro(bert) C(arter) Nicholas. Printer uncertain. Uniface, measuring 79mm x 60mm. Its net graded holder comments, repaired, reconstructed, annotations (as its back has numerous typical period pen and ink endorsements). “Only 1,800 notes of this denomination were authorized and few have survived,” wrote Bruce Hagen the Ford auction cataloger. This example is the PMG Finest Certified, PMG graded Very Fine-30 with only one other second graded Good-4. An important opportunity! Provenance: Stacks sale of the John J. Ford Jr. Collection, Part VIII, January, 2005 Lot 1654.

[Colonial America, Colonial Virginia, 18th Century America] [George Washington, Peyton Randolph, Currency and Finance] [Currency, Colonial Currency, Numismatics]