Two plant leaves. This process of illustrating bills from a real leaf was developed by Benjamin Franklin to discourage counterfeiting.
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Protection type
Protection description
Obverse lettering
M A R Y L A N D
T. Sparrow
ONE DOLLAR.
THIS IN- DENTED BILL
of ONE DOLLAR shall entitle the
Bearer hereof to receive Bills of Exchange payable
in London, or Gold and silver, at the rate of
Four SHILLINGS and SIX-PENCE Sterling per
DOLLAR for the said Bill, according to the Di-
rections of an Act of ASSEMBLY of MA-
RYLAND. Dated is Annapolis, this Tenth Day
of April Anno Domini 1774.
Reverse lettering
`Tis DEATH to Counterfeit. PRINTED BY
A. C. AND F. GREEN.
ONE DOLLAR. Equal to 4 s. 6d. Sterling.
