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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;RickieB, post: 555478, member: 2486&quot;]I will be the first to admit that Colonial notes are not my thing, however, I found this interesting and tried to do some digging..LOL</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is what I found;</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;The Massachusetts Bay Colony was the first of the thirteen colonies to issue permanently circulating banknotes in 1690. The reason behind this was because the paper could be more readily printed and circulated than gold coin. Many of these early bills were marked “Tis Death to Counterfeit.” In the early 1700s, each of the thirteen colonies had issued their own banknotes called “colonial script.” 1789 brought about the First Bank of the United States which issued fixed denominations and printed banknotes until 1811 when it closed. &quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>Perhaps this was a private script of some sort??</p><p>Hope you find out...why not ask the person you bought it from it&#039;s history, heck, they had it before you right?</p><p><br /></p><p>RickieB[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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