1760 United States 2 Pound Note Value

The United States 2 Pound Note is a collectible note from 1760, catalogued here from 2 documented examples with its full design description and specifications. Value depends on condition, rarity and collector demand rather than metal content.

Public domain image (struck or printed before 1926). Click to enlarge.

1760 United States 2 Pound Note specifications

Series
United States Paper Money
Denomination
United States 2 Pound Note
Year
1760
Material
Paper

1760 United States 2 Pound Note inscriptions & design

Obverse

TWO • POUNDS / BY A LAW OF THE COLONY \ OF New- York, THIS \ BILL SHALL PASS cur- \ rent for TWO POUNDS. \ NEW-YORK, the Twenty-First \ Day of April, One Thousand Seven \ Hundred and Sixty. / 40s. / £.II. / 'Tis Death to counterfeit this Bill. / N-YORK / Two Pounds / £.2. / SIGILL • CIVITAT • NOV • EBORAC •

Seal of New York City

Reverse

Measured 1760 United States 2 Pound Note specimens

2 physically measured 1760 United States 2 Pound Note examples in our reference database. Real measured weights and die axes let you authenticate a coin against the g, mm minting standard.

Measured 1760 United States 2 Pound Note specimens
SpecimenWeightDiameterDie axisReferences
1760 United States 2 Pound Note #1---Friedberg.NY-158
1760 United States 2 Pound Note #2---Friedberg.NY-158

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