1777 United States 6 Pence Note Value

The United States 6 Pence Note is a collectible note from 1777, 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.

1777 United States 6 Pence Note specifications

Series
United States Paper Money
Denomination
United States 6 Pence Note
Year
1777
Material
Paper

1777 United States 6 Pence Note inscriptions & design

Obverse

SIX PENCE. / THIS In- \ dented Bill \ shall pass \ current for \ Six Pence, \ within the \ Delaware / State, ac- \ cording to an \ Act of Ge- \ neral Assembly of the said State, made \ in the Year of our Lord One Thousand \ Seven Hundred and Seventy-six. Dat- \ ed the 1st. Day of May, 1777. 6d. / SIX PENCE \ CURRENCY / SIX PENCE. / Six Pence

Delaware Coat of Arms

Reverse

SIX PENCE. / To Counterfeit is Death. / Printed by James Adams, 1777.

Wheat sheaf

Measured 1777 United States 6 Pence Note specimens

3 physically measured 1777 United States 6 Pence Note examples in our reference database. Real measured weights and die axes let you authenticate a coin against the g, mm minting standard.

Measured 1777 United States 6 Pence Note specimens
SpecimenWeightDiameterDie axisReferences
1777 United States 6 Pence Note #1--12 hFriedberg.DE-83
1777 United States 6 Pence Note #2--12 hFriedberg.PA-211
1777 United States 6 Pence Note #3--12 hFriedberg.PA-211

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