1786 United States 3 Pound Note Value

Documented from a documented example, the United States 3 Pound Note is a 1786 collectible note. The description, inscriptions and specifications below are drawn from museum specimens; market value rests on rarity and condition.

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1786 United States 3 Pound Note specifications

Series
United States Paper Money
Denomination
United States 3 Pound Note
Year
1786
Material
Paper

1786 United States 3 Pound Note inscriptions & design

Obverse

Three Pounds. / STATE OF RHODE-ISLAND, &c. / THIS Bill is equal \ to SIXTY SHIL- \ LINGS in Lawful Silver \ Money, and shall be received in all \ Payments within \ this State, agree- \ able to an Act pas- \ sed by the GENE- \ RAL ASSEMBLY \ of said State, at \ their May Sessions, \ holden at the City \ of Newport, A. \ D. 1786. / 3l. [x2] / Committee.

Rhode Island Coat of Arms

Reverse

Three \ Pounds. / Printed by SOUTHWICK and \ BARBER. / 3l. [x4] / Death to Counterfeit.

Frame

Measured 1786 United States 3 Pound Note specimens

1 physically measured 1786 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 1786 United States 3 Pound Note specimens
SpecimenWeightDiameterDie axisReferences
1786 United States 3 Pound Note #1--12 hFriedberg.RI-301

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