Five Shillings from Colonial Delaware

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Illustration

Arienne King
by Harvard Hollis Images
published on 18 April 2021
Five Shillings from Colonial Delaware Download Full Size Image

A Delaware bill worth five shillings. The bottom caption reads: "To Counterfeit is Death". Minted in Delaware by James Adam (1724-1792 CE) under the authority of George III of Great Britain and Ireland (r. 1760–1820 CE). Collection of the Baker Library, Harvard Business School.

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Images, H. H. (2021, April 18). Five Shillings from Colonial Delaware. World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.worldhistory.org/image/13854/five-shillings-from-colonial-delaware/

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