1758 United States 20 Shilling Note Value

This 1758 note, the United States 20 Shilling Note, is documented below from 5 documented examples: its inscriptions, design and physical details. As a collectible note, its worth is driven by survival, condition and demand, not bullion.

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1758 United States 20 Shilling Note specifications

Series
United States Paper Money
Denomination
United States 20 Shilling Note
Year
1758
Material
Paper

1758 United States 20 Shilling Note inscriptions & design

Obverse

TWENTY SHILLINGS / [This] Indent[ed \ BI]LL shall \ pass current [for] \ Twenty Shillings \ within the G[overnment] \ of the Counties of New Castle, Kent, and Sussex, \ on Delaware, according to an \ Act of Assembly of the said \ Government made in the 31st \ Year of the Reign of our So- \ vereign Lord King George II. \ [Dated] the first Day of March, \ [1758]. Twenty Shillings

Delaware Coat of Arms

Reverse

Printed by B. FRANKLIN, \ and D. HALL / To Counterfeit is DEATH. / TWENTY SHILLINGS.

Lion and nature impression

Measured 1758 United States 20 Shilling Note specimens

5 physically measured 1758 United States 20 Shilling Note examples in our reference database. Real measured weights and die axes let you authenticate a coin against the g, mm minting standard.

Measured 1758 United States 20 Shilling Note specimens
SpecimenWeightDiameterDie axisReferences
1758 United States 20 Shilling Note #1--12 hFriedberg.DE-52
1758 United States 20 Shilling Note #2--12 hFriedberg.DE-60
1758 United States 20 Shilling Note #3---Friedberg.NC-99
1758 United States 20 Shilling Note #4--12 hFriedberg.DE-60
1758 United States 20 Shilling Note #5---Friedberg.NC-96

Specifications compiled from documented museum specimens. See our data & methodology page.