1775 United States 50 Pound Note Value

Documented from 2 documented examples, the United States 50 Pound Note is a 1775 collectible note. The description, inscriptions and specifications below are drawn from museum specimens; market value rests on rarity and condition.

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1775 United States 50 Pound Note specifications

Series
United States Paper Money
Denomination
United States 50 Pound Note
Year
1775
Material
Paper

1775 United States 50 Pound Note inscriptions & design

Obverse

South Carolina / This Certificate will entitle the Bearer to Fifty Pounds \ Current Money which will be provided for by the Public accord= \ ing to a Resolution of the Provincial Congress assembled at \ Charles Town the first day of June MDCCLXXV / £50 [x4] / POST TENEBRAS LUX \ 1775

Woman frightened by a storm and standing next to a tree

Reverse

FOR \ THE \ PUBLICK \ GOOD

Flora and scroll

Measured 1775 United States 50 Pound Note specimens

2 physically measured 1775 United States 50 Pound Note examples in our reference database. Real measured weights and die axes let you authenticate a coin against the g, mm minting standard.

Measured 1775 United States 50 Pound Note specimens
SpecimenWeightDiameterDie axisReferences
1775 United States 50 Pound Note #1--9 hFriedberg.SC-101
1775 United States 50 Pound Note #2--9 hFriedberg.SC-101

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