1781 United States 9 Pence Note Value

This 1781 note, the United States 9 Pence Note, is documented below from 2 documented examples: its inscriptions, design and physical details. As a collectible note, its worth is driven by survival, condition and demand, not bullion.

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

1781 United States 9 Pence Note specifications

Series
United States Paper Money
Denomination
United States 9 Pence Note
Year
1781
Material
Paper

1781 United States 9 Pence Note inscriptions & design

Obverse

NEW 9 PENCE JERSEY / STATE OF NEW-JERSEY. / THIS Bill shall pass current for Nine-pence, agreeably \ to an Act of the Legislature of this State, passed the \ ninth Day of January, One Thou- \ sand Seven Hundred and Eighty- \ one. / NINE PENCE [x4]

New Jersey coat of arms

Reverse

Nine-pence. / To counterfeit is DEATH. / Trenton, in NEW-JERSEY \ Printed by ISAAC COLLINS, 1781.

Nature print

Measured 1781 United States 9 Pence Note specimens

2 physically measured 1781 United States 9 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 1781 United States 9 Pence Note specimens
SpecimenWeightDiameterDie axisReferences
1781 United States 9 Pence Note #1--9 hFriedberg.NJ-193
1781 United States 9 Pence Note #2--12 hFriedberg.PA-243

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