1762 United States 6 Pound Note Value

The United States 6 Pound Note is a collectible note from 1762, 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.

1762 United States 6 Pound Note specifications

Series
United States Paper Money
Denomination
United States 6 Pound Note
Year
1762
Material
Paper

1762 United States 6 Pound Note inscriptions & design

Obverse

SIX POUNDS / THIS Bill by LAW shall pass current in \ NEW-JERSEY, for SEVENTEEN OUNCES and TEN \ PENNY - WEIGHT OF \ PLATE. APRIL 8, 1762. / SIX POUNDS. / SIX Pounds. / NEW JERSEY \ VI£ [x3] / 120s. [x2] / DIEU ET \ MON \ DROIT / HONI SOIT QUI MAL Y PENSE / SIX £ / 6£ [x2]

New Jersey coat of arms

Reverse

SIX \ Pounds. \ To counterfeit is DEATH. / NEW-JERSEY SIX Pounds \ Printed by James Parker. / Woodbridge, 1762.

Nature print

Measured 1762 United States 6 Pound Note specimens

1 physically measured 1762 United States 6 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 6 Pound Note specimens
SpecimenWeightDiameterDie axisReferences
1762 United States 6 Pound Note #1--3 hFriedberg.NJ-151

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