Connecticut: October 11, 1777
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    October 11, 1777 - continued


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    4d                   Serial Number: 12101                   CT 10/11/77

    Signers: Ebenezer Plummer.

    Size: 62 x 53mm (front border design 55 x 47mm; the back is blank).

    Comments: Printed on white paper. The hand on the state arms points to the left. Click here to view the blank back.

    Provenance: Purchased through the Robert H. Gore, Jr. Numismatic Endowment from the EANA mail bid auction of 04/20/96, lot 421.


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    5d                   Serial Number: 34961                   CT 10/11/77

    Signers: Sam Squire.

    Size: 66 x 50mm (front border design 54 x 47mm; back blank).

    Comments: Printed on coarse blue paper. The hand on the state arms points to the left. Redemption registration on back signed in red ink, "Register[e]d J. Porter, Compt[roller]." Click here to view the annotated back.

    Provenance: Purchased through the Robert H. Gore, Jr. Numismatic Endowment from the EANA mail bid auction of 12/02/95, lot 412.


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    7d                   Serial Number: 34961                   CT 10/11/77

    Signers: Sam Squire.

    Size: 58 x 79mm (front border design 53 x 47mm, right jumbo sheet margin 31mm; back blank).

    Comments: Printed on coarse blue paper. The hand on the state arms points to the left. This example has an extra wide right margin, which appears to go to the end of the original sheet on which it was printed. Redemption registration on back signed in red ink, "Register[e]d J. Porter, Compt[roller]." Click here to view the annotated back.

    Provenance: Purchased through the Robert H. Gore, Jr. Numismatic Endowment from the EANA mail bid auction of 12/02/95, lot 412.