Connecticut Currency
Finest Colony of Connecticut PMG Certified May 10, 1775 40 Shillings Note PMG Ch. Uncirculated-63
Colony of Connecticut. May 10, 1775. Forty Shillings. Exceptional Finest PMG Certified Contemporary Counterfeit. PMG graded Choice Uncirculated-63.
Fr. CT-182CFT. This exceptionally rare Contemporary Counterfeit on the Colony of Connecticut is remarkably in Choice Uncirculated quality, the Single Finest PMG Certified note on this number we have offered. This note type is listed and identified in Newman as being Counterfeited so it should be considered by specialized collectors. The face is boldly printed with excellent centering. The reverse is purposefully printed a bit weaker to appear slightly used for better acceptance in general circulation. The PMG holder notes previously mounted, yet we see no such distraction. A historic May 10, 1775 "Colony of Connecticut" note, issued one month after the outbreak of the American Revolutionary War at Lexington and Concord on April 19th, 1775.