1769 United States 2 Shilling Note Value

This 1769 note, the United States 2 Shilling Note, is documented below from 5 documented examples: its inscriptions, design and physical details. As a collectible note, its worth is driven by survival, condition and demand, not bullion.

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

1769 United States 2 Shilling Note specifications

Series
United States Paper Money
Denomination
United States 2 Shilling Note
Year
1769
Material
Paper

1769 United States 2 Shilling Note inscriptions & design

Obverse

TWO SHILLINGS [x2] / THIS indented BILL of TWO SHILLINGS, \ shall entitle the Bearer to re- \ ceive of the Treasurer of the \ Contributors to the Relief and \ Employment of the Poor in the \ City of Philadelphia, the like \ Sum of TWO SHILLINGS, of \ equal Value with the same Sum, \ of the Bills of Credit of this Province, now by \ Law current, according to the Directions of an \ Act of General \ Assembly of Pen- \ silvania, made in \ the Ninth Year \ of the Reign of \ HIS MAJESTY \ GEORGE III. \ Dated the Tenth \ of March, 1769. / TWO SHILLINGS. / A

William Penn's Coat of Arms

Reverse

Measured 1769 United States 2 Shilling Note specimens

5 physically measured 1769 United States 2 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 1769 United States 2 Shilling Note specimens
SpecimenWeightDiameterDie axisReferences
1769 United States 2 Shilling Note #1---Friedberg.PA-140
1769 United States 2 Shilling Note #2---Friedberg.PA-140
1769 United States 2 Shilling Note #3---Friedberg.PA-140
1769 United States 2 Shilling Note #4---Friedberg.PA-140
1769 United States 2 Shilling Note #5---Friedberg.PA-140

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