1769 United States 5 Shilling Note Value

The United States 5 Shilling Note is a collectible note from 1769, catalogued here from 3 documented examples 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.

1769 United States 5 Shilling Note specifications

Series
United States Paper Money
Denomination
United States 5 Shilling Note
Year
1769
Material
Paper

1769 United States 5 Shilling Note inscriptions & design

Obverse

FIVE SHILLINGS. [x2] / THIS Indented BILL of \ FIVE SHILLINGS, shall entitle the \ Bearer to receive of the Treasurer of the \ Contributions to the Relief and Employ- \ ment of the Poor in the City of Philadel- \ phila, the like Sum of Five Shillings, of \ equal Value now the same Sum, of the \ Bills of Credit of this Province now by Law current, ac- \ cording to the Direc- \ tions of an Act of \ General Assembly of \ Pennsylvania, made \ in the Ninth Year \ of the Reign of His \ Majesty GEORGE \ III. Dated the 10th \ of March, 1769. / A CROWN. / B

William Penn's Coat of Arms

Reverse

FIVE SHILLINGS. / [To] Counterfeit \ is DEA[TH] / Printed by DAVID HALL, and \ WILLIAM SELLERS, 1769.

Nature print

Measured 1769 United States 5 Shilling Note specimens

3 physically measured 1769 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 1769 United States 5 Shilling Note specimens
SpecimenWeightDiameterDie axisReferences
1769 United States 5 Shilling Note #1--9 hFriedberg.PA-142
1769 United States 5 Shilling Note #2---Friedberg.PA-142
1769 United States 5 Shilling Note #3--9 hFriedberg.PA-142

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