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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;johnmilton, post: 3764762, member: 101855&quot;]I have read that one of the reasons why these 1776 dated factional Continental Currency pieces were so common was that large numbers of them were printed to pay the troops. The recipients were not pleased to receive a big stack of low value notes as their pay. I have owned this one for many years.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1007947[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1007948[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>The firm of Hall and Sellers was the successor to the firm (Ben) Franklin and Hall. Franklin sold his share of the printing business in February 1766 to his partner, David Hall. Hall took on Sellers as a partner in May of that year.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is an interesting Continental note. If you read the legal notice on this piece, it says that the Continental Congress, meeting in Baltimore, approved its issue. The Second Continental Congress met in Baltimore from December 20, 1776 until February 27, 1777 because they feared that the British would capture Philadelphia.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Congress moved back to Philadelphia, but had to flee in September 1777 when the British really did take the city. They met in Lancaster for one day and then York, Pennsylvania until June 1778.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1007954[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1007955[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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