Forty Shillings, counterfeit paper currency
Date1780-1790
MediumPaper & ink.
Dimensions3 1/2" x 2 3/4"
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number2002-68,1D
DescriptionCounterfeit Connecticut 40 shilling note (No. 1719), issue of 1 March 1780. Cancelled with a 1" hole punched out of the central portion of the note. Obverse incsribed "COUNTERFEIT" with two "X" cancels and with two forged signatures below. Reverse docketed and endorsed by "ELIJAH SMITH," mentioned in the accompanying document (2002-68,2) as being the source from which Stephen Maynard received this false note.ProvenanceLikely from the papers discarded by the Connecticut State Archives at Hartford in the 1960s.
April 1, 1773
January 1, 1756
ca. 1776-1777
November 21, 1708
December 7, 1775
1740-1760
