Auction Closing: November 22, 2025 at 11:59 PM Pacific Time |
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Lot Number: 20
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Estimate Range: $2,400 - $3,200 |
In 1769 John Nixon Signed this Colonial Currency Note and on July 8, 1776 he famously Made the First Public Reading of the Declaration of Independence on the steps of the Pennsylvania State House to a large crowd of Americans! |
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JOHN NIXON (1733-1808). Brigadier General, On July 8, 1776 Patriot John Nixon made the very First Public Proclamation Reading of the Declaration of Independence, read from the steps of the Pennsylvania State House, General George Washington’s Aide-de-Camp; Financier and Official Director of of the Bank of North America of Philadelphia, who served as a Militia Officer in the American Revolutionary War, and Chairman of the Committee of Safety. March 1, 1769, Province of Pennsylvania, Three Pounds / Sixty Shillings dual denomination, Plate B, Colonial Current Indented Bill. Fr. PA-133, PCGS graded Very Fine-25. Small Edge Repair as noted and illustrated, printed on rag period paper, Signed by “J. Nixon”, “Tho. Wharton”, and “Jos. Richardson”.This two-sided currency note measures 88mm x 72mm and was Printed by David Hall and William Sellers at Benjamin Franklin’s previously owned print shop in Philadelphia. Printed Leaves design on back with text, “To Counterfeit Is Death”. “Pennsilvania” spelling error in its typeset text. Evenly worn with slightly rounded corners, printed with lively inking and strong vivid handwritten signatures. A very elusive note in any grade. Choice in eye appeal, and equally choice for the grade (or better). Pedigree: Ex F.C.C. Boyd Estate; Stacks sale of the John J. Ford, Jr. Collection, Part XV, October, 2006 Lot 8542. |
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