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Massachusetts Bay Treasury loan certificate, dated December 1, 1777, in the amount of 36 pounds, ser

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Massachusetts Bay Treasury loan certificate, dated December 1, 1777, in the amount of 36 pounds, ser
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Massachusetts Bay Treasury loan certificate, dated December 1, 1777, in the amount of 36 pounds, serial #2648. Anderson MA-10. 9" x 8". The most popular type of fiscal paper from the Revolutionary period due to its elaborate engraving and the vignette of a Continental soldier with a raised sword surrounded by a rattlesnake, all engraved by Nathaniel Hurd, a contemporary of Paul Revere. The amount is embossed with a seal and the left margin is trimmed in a haphazard fashion within a design in order to match up with its stub upon redemption, whereupon the signature of the Treasurer (H. Gardner) was X'd out. The certificate was payable to Jonathan Hale. Choice VF with handwritten calculations in the margin.