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Continental Currency May 20, 1777 $5 PMG About Uncirculated 55.. ...
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Continental Currency May 20, 1777 $5 PMG About Uncirculated 55.The First United States issue, named for the placement of "The United States" into the top border cut, has traditionally been considered the second hardest resolution to find. The denominations printed were the same as the prior three, but the $30 back was replaced with a nature print. The emblem at the left shows a hand bleeding from thorn pricks; the motto is SUSTINE VEL ABSTINE (Either survive or give up). On page 78 of the fifth edition, Newman describes the emblem as: "A hand gathering food is bleeding due to pricks from thorns." Franklin's writes in his Account that the emblem is, "a thorny bush [America], which a hand [Britain] seems attempting to eradicate." Why their explanations differ is unknown and merits further study. The PMG Population Report shows a mere three Uncirculated examples and an AU 55 EPQ better than this note. That PMG AU 55 EPQ sold for $2,520 as part of our 2021 Colonial Valley collection.
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2023 September 13 - 15 Long Beach Expo US Currency Signature® Auction #3593 (go to Auction Home page)
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September, 2023
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