1760 United States 5 Pound Note Value

The United States 5 Pound Note is a collectible note from 1760, catalogued here from a documented example 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 5 Pound Note specifications

Series
United States Paper Money
Denomination
United States 5 Pound Note
Year
1760
Material
Paper

1760 United States 5 Pound Note inscriptions & design

Obverse

FIVE POUNDS. [x2] / THIS BILL shall \ pass current for FIVE POUNDS \ within the PROVINCE of Pennsylvania, \ according to an Act \ of Assembly, made \ in the 33d Year of \ the Reign of King \ GEORGE II. \ Dated the first Day \ of May, 1760. / Five Pounds. / FIVE POUNDS [x3] / B

William Penn's Coat of Arms

Reverse

FIVE POUNDS [x2] / ONE HUNDRED SHILLINGS. / To Counterfeit is DEATH. / Printed by B. FRANKLIN, and \ D. HALL. 1760.

Nature print

Measured 1760 United States 5 Pound Note specimens

1 physically measured 1760 United States 5 Pound Note example 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 5 Pound Note specimens
SpecimenWeightDiameterDie axisReferences
1760 United States 5 Pound Note #1--12 hFriedberg.PA-114

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