Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-06-06
RARE OLD MONEY
Of THE COLONIES
GIVEN TO STATE
Senator E. R. Alderman Pre-
sents Historic Collection of
Paper Currency.

So " a r.
TRENTON, June 6~.-Through the
generosity of Senator Ernest r. Acker-
man, the New Jersey State Museum.
already the depository of a wealth
OF material of historic and eco
nomic value, is to be enriched by a
money. Mr.. Alderman has presented
the collection to the museum, and
Curator S. r. Morse has accepted it
for the State.
The collection consists of ITO pieces,
and is the finest in the world, lacking
only the six-dollar note of the tenth
issue, dated Philadelphia, September
rs, 177s. This Mr.. Alderman still hopes
to obtain. The collection will be
mounted in frames for display, and will
be known as the Alderman currency
collection. It was formed by the late
Harmon A. Chambers, OF Philadelphia,
who gave the greater part of his more
than eighty years of his life to collect
ing paper money, autograph letters and
historical matters generally. Mr.. Ack-
erman obtained the set some years
ago when the Chambers collections
were disposed of. ~
Senator Alderman has long been
known as one of the most noted
philatelists. His collection of postage
stamps of the United States and Va
riols foreign countries is superb. Il.
B. Sterling, of this city, a well-known
collector, says the Alderman collec-
ton Is the finest he has ever seen Of
paper money of Continental issue.
Bay state Led In Paper Money.
Paper money of the thirteen original
colonies was first issued by Massa-
chusetts in 1890. followed by Connecti-
cut and New York, both in 1909; Rhode
Island, 1715; New Jersey, 1924; Della
ware. 1876; Maryland. 1740; Georgia,
1749; Pennsylvania, 1923; South Caro-
lima, 1871; New Hampshire, 1877; North
Carolina, 174S; Virginia. 1865; Vermont,
1881.
The fight for American liberty be-
gan at Lexington, Mass, April 10, 1775,
and on May 10 the second Continental
Congress assembled, one of its first
acts being to issue paper money Of
various denominations.
These bills give evidence of the haste
with which they were prepared, being a
combination of type with engraved bor-
ders and circular vignette. having a
Latin motto above. The bill reads:
THE United Colonies with value re-
peated) at top and bottom; "Continen-
tai Currency" with value repeatedly at
each side: in body of note, This bill
entities the bearer to receive Spanish
milled dollars or the value thereof, in
gold or silver, according to the resolu-
tions of the CONGRESS, held at Phila-
delphia the 10th of May, 1775." Each
note is numbered in ink, signed by two
of the committee, one in red, the other
in black. The reverse r%epresnets a
crude imitation of leaves of various
trees, different on each value. with the
denomination above; "PHILADEL-
PHIA; printed by HALL and SELL
ERS, 1175," below; the whole enclosed
in type border, composed of pieces of
various patterns, evidently selected to
add to the difficulty of counterfeiting.
The engraved parts were cut on type
by an English gun engraver named
Smit1ers.
Some Quaint Devices.
The devices selected for the various
values were very odd and quaint. Some
of them are as follows:
One Dollar: Acanthus plant s~prouting