Apparently, thirty six of the borders were designed and cut by David Rittenhouse. The bills were signed with red and brown ink and numbered in dark red ink. On the back is a nature print of skeletonized elm and maple fruit. The paper contains blue thread and mica flakes. The nature print on the back is of skeletonized maple fruit and is identical to to the nature print used on earlier Pennsylvania currency.
Paper contains blue threads and mica flakes.
This is the most difficult emblem in the series to understand. Benjamin Franklin explained the Continental Currency emblems in a letter published under the pseudonym of Clericus in the Pennsylvania Gazette of September 20, 1775. The hand appears to bleed, as pricked by spines. The bush I suppose to mean America, the bleeding hand Britain. The nature print on the back is of a betony and a sage leaf and is identical to to the nature print used on earlier Pennsylvania currency.