Encapsulated and graded by PMG Good 6 NET (contemporaneously sewn at center, repaired). Desirable 'Sword in Hand' Massachusetts colonial currency, 2.75 x 3.75, engraved and printed by Paul Revere in Boston pursuant to the Resolve of July 6, 1775, and the Act of August 23, 1775. The face has a small oval vignette of a ship; the back shows an American patriot holding a sword in one hand and the Magna Carta in the other. Above is the motto "Issued in defence of American Liberty" and below is the motto of Massachusetts, "Ense petit placidam sub Libertate Quietem [By the sword we seek peace, but peace only under liberty]."
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