1777 Pennsylvania Colonial Currency Printed By Dunlap

1777 PENNSYLVANIA COLONIAL CURRENCY – THREE SHILLINGS – JOHN DUNLAP – REVOLUTIONARY WAR ERA NOTE

Original Three Shillings Pennsylvania Commonwealth colonial currency note, dated April 10, 1777, and printed in Philadelphia by John Dunlap, the famed printer of the first broadside copies of the Declaration of Independence.

Issued during the American Revolution to support the new Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, this note features the state's early coat of arms on the face, including a ship, plow, and sheaves of wheat. The reverse displays an engraved agricultural scene with the anti-counterfeiting warning:

"To Counterfeit is Death."

Colonial currency printed by John Dunlap is highly collectible because of his direct association with the founding of the United States and the printing of the Declaration of Independence in July 1776.

Details

Pennsylvania Commonwealth

Three Shillings denomination

Dated April 10, 1777

Printed by John Dunlap, Philadelphia

Revolutionary War period issue

Original colonial paper money

Arms of Pennsylvania vignette

Farming scene reverse

"To Counterfeit is Death" inscription

Condition

Circulated example showing age, folds, edge wear, and handling consistent with eighteenth-century use. Design elements remain visible on both sides and the note retains excellent historical display appeal. Please examine photographs carefully for your own assessment of condition.

A genuine Revolutionary War-era artifact printed by one of the most important printers in American history and a desirable addition to any colonial currency, early Americana, or Declaration of Independence-related collection.