1762 United States 5 Pound Note Value

Documented from a documented example, the United States 5 Pound Note is a 1762 collectible note. The description, inscriptions and specifications below are drawn from museum specimens; market value rests on rarity and condition.

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1762 United States 5 Pound Note specifications

Series
United States Paper Money
Denomination
United States 5 Pound Note
Year
1762
Material
Paper

1762 United States 5 Pound Note inscriptions & design

Obverse

FIVE Pounds \ Current Money of Virginia, \ According to Act of Assembly, \ passed April 7, MDCCLXII. Five POUNDS. / £.V. / 100 SHILLINGS / 5 Five Pounds / TWENTY CROWNS

Colonial Virginia coat of arms

Reverse

Measured 1762 United States 5 Pound Note specimens

1 physically measured 1762 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 1762 United States 5 Pound Note specimens
SpecimenWeightDiameterDie axisReferences
1762 United States 5 Pound Note #1---Friedberg.VA-55

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