1781 United States Shilling Note Value

The United States Shilling Note is a collectible note from 1781, catalogued here from a documented example 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.

1781 United States Shilling Note specifications

Series
United States Paper Money
Denomination
United States Shilling Note
Year
1781
Material
Paper

1781 United States Shilling Note inscriptions & design

Obverse

STATE OF NEW-JERSEY. / One Shilling / THIS BILL shall pass current for ONE SHILLING, \ agreeably to an Act of the Legislature of this State, \ passed the ninth Day of January, \ One Thousand Seven Hundred and \ Eighty-one. / 1S \ One Shilling 1 NEW JERSEY [x2] / ONE SHILLING.

New Jersey coat of arms

Reverse

One Shilling. / To counterfeit is DEATH. \ Trenton, in New-Jersey, \ Printed by ISAAC COLLINS, 1781.

Nature print

Measured 1781 United States Shilling Note specimens

1 physically measured 1781 United States Shilling Note example 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 Shilling Note specimens
SpecimenWeightDiameterDie axisReferences
1781 United States Shilling Note #1--9 hFriedberg.NJ-194

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