1769 United States Shilling Note Value

The United States Shilling Note is a collectible note from 1769, catalogued here from 2 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 Shilling Note specifications

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

1769 United States Shilling Note inscriptions & design

Obverse

ONE SHILLING. [x2] / THIS indented BILL of ONE SHILLING. \ shall entitle the Bearer to receive of the Treasurer \ of the Contributors to the Relief and Employment \ of the Poor in the City of Philadelphia, the like \ Sum of One Shilling, of equal Value with the \ same Sum of the Bills or Credit of this Province, \ now by Law current, according to the Directions \ of an Act of General Assembly of Pennsilvania \ made in the Ninth Year [of the Reign] of His Ma- \ jesty GEORGE III [[...] the Tenth Day \ of March, 1769. / ONE SHILLING. / A

William Penn's Coat of Arms

Reverse

Measured 1769 United States Shilling Note specimens

2 physically measured 1769 United States 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 Shilling Note specimens
SpecimenWeightDiameterDie axisReferences
1769 United States Shilling Note #1---Friedberg.PA-138
1769 United States Shilling Note #2---Friedberg.PA-138

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