1773 United States 3 Pound Note Value

Documented from a documented example, the United States 3 Pound Note is a 1773 collectible note. The description, inscriptions and specifications below are drawn from museum specimens; market value rests on rarity and condition.

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

1773 United States 3 Pound Note specifications

Series
United States Paper Money
Denomination
United States 3 Pound Note
Year
1773
Material
Paper

1773 United States 3 Pound Note inscriptions & design

Obverse

Three Pounds / Current Money of VIRGINIA, according to \ Act of Assembly Passed the 4th Day of March Ann. Dom. \ 1773, and by appointment of said Assembly. \ Signed by us, and endorsed by the Treasurer / Three Pounds / £3. Currency / VIRGINIA \ DEATH TO COUNTERFEIT / III \ £ / EN DAT \ VIRGINIA \ QUARTAM

Virginia coat of arms

Reverse

Measured 1773 United States 3 Pound Note specimens

1 physically measured 1773 United States 3 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 1773 United States 3 Pound Note specimens
SpecimenWeightDiameterDie axisReferences
1773 United States 3 Pound Note #1---Friedberg.VA-69

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