USA, Pennsylvania Colonial Currency Note for 5 Pounds 1775, plate letter A; obv. 'No. 3147 FIVE...

USA, Pennsylvania Colonial Currency Note for 5 Pounds 1775, plate letter A; obv. 'No. 3147 FIVE POUNDS' above legend: 'According to an ACT of General Assembly of Pensylvania, passed in the 15th Year of the Reign of His Majesty GEORGE the Third. Dated the 10th Day of April, Anno Domini 1775' arms of the Penn family to left & signed below by colonial officials 'Edw(ard) Roberts, Job Bacon (in red ink) & Lindsay Coats' rev. fully detailed vignette of the Walnut Street Workhouse (Philadelphia Jail) in centre, 'To Counterfeit is DEATH.' below, 'Printed by Hall & Sellers' above; surface embedded with mica flecks (an early anti-counterfeiting device), printed in black & red ink, minor obv ink stain at right margin, VERY RARE virtually UNC