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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;scottishmoney, post: 1318315, member: 12789&quot;]Benjamin Franklin himself developed the leaf printing technique, but it was used on notes printed by Franklin, then Franklin and Hall and then Hall and Sellers only.&nbsp; Until the Continental currency printed by Hall and Sellers after 1775, the leaf prints had only been used on currency for Pennsylvania and Delaware:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://scottishmoney.net/banknotes/usa/colonials/pennsylvania50s1760.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>This should give an idea of what the actual colonial era rag paper looks like.&nbsp; It could be brittle when folded, but in reality it is a cotton fibre based composition that will likely outlast mid 19th century paper by many centuries.&nbsp; Notice also the technique of two print colours, necessitating multiple printing passes from different plates.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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