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<p>[QUOTE="krispy, post: 1317002, member: 19065"]I'm leaning on reproductions with these notes. The color of the paper could just be from acid that transferred to the paper from improper storage over years, but the paper seems too thin showing, the designs through from the other side in your scans. </p><p><br /></p><p>I'll have to look through that web site to try to compare to known notes and signatures, but the color of signature also seems same as the ink used on the design elements, and often it was red/brown. I'm away from my books for a few weeks more, but<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Early-Paper-Money-America/dp/089689326X" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.amazon.com/Early-Paper-Money-America/dp/089689326X" rel="nofollow"> Eric Newman's book</a> is among the best there are four early American currency, and could be used to shed some light on yours. Here is a Wikipedia link to some more info on <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early_American_currency" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early_American_currency" rel="nofollow">Colonial notes. </a></p><p><br /></p><p>Let's see what some others have to say.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="krispy, post: 1317002, member: 19065"]I'm leaning on reproductions with these notes. The color of the paper could just be from acid that transferred to the paper from improper storage over years, but the paper seems too thin showing, the designs through from the other side in your scans. I'll have to look through that web site to try to compare to known notes and signatures, but the color of signature also seems same as the ink used on the design elements, and often it was red/brown. I'm away from my books for a few weeks more, but[URL="http://www.amazon.com/Early-Paper-Money-America/dp/089689326X"] Eric Newman's book[/URL] is among the best there are four early American currency, and could be used to shed some light on yours. Here is a Wikipedia link to some more info on [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early_American_currency"]Colonial notes. [/URL] Let's see what some others have to say.[/QUOTE]
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