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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC01980.05.03 |
| From Archive Folder | Currency, Counterfeiting and Coins |
| Title | Delaware colonial currency |
| Date | 1 January 1776 |
| Author | Sykes, James (1725-1792) |
| Document Type | Government document |
| Content Description | co-signed by John McKinly. Four shilling note. Issued according to an act of the General Assembly of the counties of New Castle, Kent, and Sussex. Back reads: "To Counterfeit is Death." Printed on thick paper containing blue thread and mica in an attempt to prevent counterfeiting. With border cuts engraved by James Adams (Wilmington), the first Delaware printer, who also printed the note. Adams worked for Benjamin Franklin in Philadelphia before moving to Delaware. |
| Subjects | Coins and Currency Counterfeiting Death Penalty Law Finance Economics |
| Place written | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Theme | Banking & Economics; The American Revolution; Law |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859 |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |
| Related documents | Three pieces of currency from the colonial and early republic periods Workhouse issue of colonial currency Rhode Island currency |