148 Route 73 Suite 3-184 Voorhees, NJ 08043 USA, United States
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Continental Currency February 26, 1777 $7 Fr-CC60 Printed By Hall & Sellers Grades xf
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Continental Currency February 26, 1777 $7 Fr-CC60 Printed By Hall & Sellers Grades xf
Continental Currency February 26, 1777 $7 Fr-CC60 Printed By Hall & Sellers Grades xf. Part of an authorized issue of $5,000,000, this $7 depicts a severe storm at sea with the reassuring motto SERENABIT (It will be calm). Printed by Hall & Sellers. Hall & Sellers was a Philadelphia printing company originally established by Benjamin Franklin. In 1743 Franklin hired David Hall (1714-77), a Scottish journeyman printer, and in 1748 made the latter a partner. The firm printed Pennsylvania Gazette, Franklin's newspaper. In 1766 Franklin sold his share in the business to Hall, and later that same year Hall brought in the journeyman printer William Sellers as his new partner, establishing Hall & Sellers. The firm carried government contracts, including printing paper money.
