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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;scottishmoney, post: 428729, member: 12789&quot;]Sometimes notes have autographs on them, though they were not intentionally autographed as such, the person just became a whole lot more famous three months after they signed the note:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.geocities.com/scottishmoney/colonialbanknotes/newjersey15shillings.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>The second signature on the note is of John Hart, three months later in July 1776 he went on to Philadelphia and signed the Declaration of Independence.</p><p><br /></p><p>Sometimes notes don&#039;t have a famous signature, but were printed by a very famous printer whom inserted himself prominently into much of early American political affairs:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.geocities.com/scottishmoney/colonialbanknotes/pennsylvania50sfr.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>But see the reverse:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.geocities.com/scottishmoney/colonialbanknotes/pennsylvania50srv.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Yes indeed, printed by THAT Ben Franklin, utilising multi coloured inks, and his developed programme of using a leaf in the design to thwart counterfeiters.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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