Famous Signers on Colonial Currency
May 4, 1778 “Rattlesnake” Seal Note PMG Choice CU-64 Signed “William Few” Georgia Signer of the Constitution
WILLIAM FEW, JR. (1748 -1828). Signer of the Constitution of the United States. American Politician, Businessman and Farmer, a Founding Father of the United States, representing the State of Georgia at the Constitutional Convention.
State of Georgia. May 4, 1778. Twenty Dollars. “Coiled Rattlesnake” Seal Vignette. PMG graded Choice Uncirculated-64. Fr. GA-122. This exceptional Revolutionary War period Georgia note has four large to huge margins that frame the bold black and red printed text and designs. In fact, the paper retains significant amounts of its original press text embossing, attesting to its full originality.

These Bills of Credit were funded “out of the Monies arising from the Sales of forfeited (Tory) Estates.” Five fresh, bold brown ink signatures include; Charles Kent, William Few (Signer US Constitution), William Maxwell, William O’Bryen, and Nehemiah Wade, each adding to the very impressive eye appeal. Overall, this note is boldly printed in rich red and black on period watermarked laid paper that shows significant original embossing of the original press bed type still within. The blue “Coiled Rattlesnake” Seal is very clear, nicely detailed and well embossed.
William Few, Jr. (June 8, 1748 – July 16, 1828) was an American politician and a farmer, and a businessman and a Founding Father of the United States. William represented the U.S. state of Georgia at the Constitutional Convention. Born into a poor yeoman farming family, Few achieved both social prominence and political power later in life.

Exhibiting those characteristics of self-reliance vital for survival on the American frontier, he became an intimate of the nation's political and military elite. The idea of a rude frontiersman providing the democratic leaven within an association of the rich and powerful has always excited the American imagination, nurtured on stories of Davy Crockett. In the case of the self-educated Few, that image was largely accurate.

Few's inherent gifts for leadership and organization, as well as his sense of public service, were brought out by his experience in the American Revolutionary War. Important in any theater of military operations, leadership and organizational ability were particularly needed in the campaigns in the south where a dangerous and protracted struggle against a determined British invader intimately touched the lives of many settlers. Few's dedication to the common good and his natural military acumen quickly brought him to the attention of the leaders of the Patriot cause, who eventually invested him with important political responsibilities as well.

The war also profoundly affected Few's attitude toward the political future of the new nation, transforming the rugged frontier individualist into a forceful exponent of a permanent union of the states. Men of his stripe came to realize during the years of military conflict that the rights of the individual, so jealously prized on the frontier, could be nurtured and protected only by a strong central government accountable to the people. This belief became the hallmark of his long public service. (From Wikipedia)