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Counterfeit 40 Shillings, Massachusetts

DateNovember 21, 1708

OriginAmerica, Massachusetts

Dimensions5 1/2" x 4"

Credit LineGift of the Lasser family

Object number1994-210,428

DescriptionCurrency. "THIS INDENTED Bill of Fourty shillings Due from the Province of Massachusettts Bay in New England to the Possessor thereof Shall be in value equal to Money and shall be accordingly accepted by the Treasurer and Receivers Subordinate to him in all publick payments and for any stock at any time in the Treasury Boston. November the twenty first Anno 1708. By Order of the Great and General Court or Assembly." In script: "Counterfeit".

Signatures: "Elisha Hutchinson, Penn:Townsend , Sam Checkley".

Serial Number: "2021"

Signatures of Daniel Hubbard and Daniel Hubart of Concord on back.Mark(s)Signatures: "Elisha Hutchinson, Penn:Townsend , Sam Checkley". Serial Number: "2021".