1760 United States 5 Shilling Note Value

Documented from 2 documented examples, the United States 5 Shilling Note is a 1760 collectible note. The description, inscriptions and specifications below are drawn from museum specimens; market value rests on rarity and condition.

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

1760 United States 5 Shilling Note specifications

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

1760 United States 5 Shilling Note inscriptions & design

Obverse

[5s.] [V S.] / THIS BILL of FIVE SHIL- \ LINGS shall pass current in all \ Payments, as Proclamation Money, within \ the Province of North Carolina, according \ to ACT of ASSE[MBLY passed] the 14th of July, 1760. / (V s.) Death to counterfeit. [(5]s.)

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Reverse

Measured 1760 United States 5 Shilling Note specimens

2 physically measured 1760 United States 5 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 1760 United States 5 Shilling Note specimens
SpecimenWeightDiameterDie axisReferences
1760 United States 5 Shilling Note #1---Friedberg.NC-107
1760 United States 5 Shilling Note #2---Friedberg.NC-107

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