We now have the first prices realized dataset for the immense Stack's Bowers Global Showcase auction, and it reveals a market that is moving in two directions at the same time.
May 4, 1778 Issue of May 4, 1778 Printed
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The Greysheet Catalog (GSID) of the Issue of May 4, 1778 Printed series of Virginia Colonial Currency in the U.S. Currency contains 20 distinct entries with CPG® values between $200.00 and $2,300.00.
$600,000 £180,00 in Treasury Bills without legal tender status were authorized by the May 4, 1778 Act and were redeemable by Dec. 1, 1785. Printed from the same forms used for the two prior State issues and with the date partly written in. The total authorized was only partially printed when the available paper was used up. Signers were L. Wood and James Wray. One signer appears on four lowest denominations and two on the others.
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