New purchase

[JIM F.]

Just picked this up.

 

[Old Pueblo]

1/6 dollar?...First time I have ever laid eyes on such a numismatic item.

Very cool....tell us more.

 

Thanks for sharing

 

 

OP

 

 

[AnkurJ]

Very nice! I have one in my collection as well. Whats very cool about these is that they were printed on a cotton like substance, and not just simple paper.

[mkman123]

thats pretty neat

[robec1347]

Very Cool!!

[Coinbuf]

1/6 dollar?...First time I have ever laid eyes on such a numismatic item.

Very cool....tell us more.

 

Thanks for sharing

 

 

OP

 

 

Indeed a very neat item do tell us more about it.

[JIM F.]

I know nothing.

[BillJones]

With all due respect I think that your piece is a contemporary counterfeit which might make it more valuable. Here is a genuine example of the February 17, 1776 Resolution of the Continental Congress.

 

 

There is a story about this series and the payment of salaries to the Continental soldiers. When one of the paydays came the paymaster was sent bails of this series of fractional notes to pay the soldiers. As a result the troops that stacks of these low denomination notes which did not sit that well.

 

These pieces were supposed to have been backed by Spanish Milled Dollars. The design was based upon symbolism devised by Benjamin Franklin, and Franklin's old firm, Hall & Sellers, printed them.

 

[newprepper]

that would suck

[BillJones]

that would suck

 

Not necessarily.

 

Contemporary counterfeits are a part of history. If you really wanted to own the real thing, which I usually do, it does suck, but it doesn't mean that the item is worthless. Modern counterfeits do suck big time. That is why I hate what the Chinese are doing so much.

[newprepper]

What I meant was if it is counterfeit, it sucks, based on my feeling he was showing us the real thing. You dont think there would have been different notes for different denominations?

[Walkerfan]

Interesting curiosity piece. First time I've seen these.

[JIM F.]

I don't know whether or not it is counterfeit, but it is very worn. I picked it up ATS for $45. The number and signature are not visible.

 

 

[newprepper]

Here is more info Continental Currency

[BOILER78]

There were 4 different "Fugio" denominations.

 

 

But to complete the "set" you need to add one of these.........

 

 

and one of these............