1938. Massachusetts Bay Treasury loan certificate, dated December 1, 1777, in the amount of 135 pounds, 13 shillings, serial #4451. Anderson MA-10. 9" x 8". The most popular type of fiscal paper from the Revolutionary period due to its elaborate engraving and the vignette of a Continental soldier with a raised sword surrounded by a rattlesnake, all engraved by Nathaniel Hurd, a contemporary of Paul Revere. The amount is embossed with a seal and the left margin is trimmed in a haphazard fashion within a design in order to match up with its stub upon redemption, whereupon the signature of the Treasurer (H. Gardner) was X’d out. The certificate was payable to a Moses Brown, a colonial merchant and philanthropist whose biography the consignor has included. Nice Fine with slight foxing, folding and pinhole near center. Estimate: $400-$600. 1939. Massachusetts Bay Treasury loan certificate, dated December 1, 1777, in the amount of 36 pounds, serial #2648. Anderson MA-10. 9" x 8". The most popular type of fiscal paper from the Revolutionary period due to its elaborate engraving and the vignette of a Continental soldier with a raised sword surrounded by a rattlesnake, all engraved by Nathaniel Hurd, a contemporary of Paul Revere. The amount is embossed with a seal and the left margin is trimmed in a haphazard fashion within a design in order to match up with its stub upon redemption, whereupon the signature of the Treasurer (H. Gardner) was X’d out. The certificate was payable to Jonathan Hale. Choice VF with handwritten calculations in the margin. Estimate: $700-$1,000. 1940. State of Massachusetts Bay Treasury third-class lottery certificate, dated June 1, 1779, in the amount of 15 pounds, serial #2093. Anderson MA-15. 5-3/4" x 9-1/2". Choice VF, the amount embossed with a seal and the left margin trimmed haphazardly, signature of Treasurer H. Gardner X’d out at redemption, also signed by committeemen J. Scollay and Edward Green. Estimate: $500-$750. 1941. State of Massachusetts Bay Treasury second moiety lottery certificate, dated July 20, 1779, in the amount of 150 pounds, serial #4. Anderson MA-19. 5-3/4" x 9-1/2". Nice Fine with folds and pinholes, the amount embossed with a seal and the left margin trimmed haphazardly, signature of Treasurer H. Gardner X’d out at redemption, also signed by committeemen Stephen Minot and J. Mascarene, with “Maj. Bradish” (a known officer) handwritten at top, rare issue (R6 in Anderson) with a very low serial number. Estimate: $700$1,000. 1942. Lot of 2 State of Massachusetts Bay Treasury second moiety lottery certificates, dated July 20, 1779, in the amount of 100 pounds each, consecutive serial numbers 49 and 50. Anderson MA-19. 5-3/4" x 9" each. As usual, these certificates bear an embossed seal over the amounts and have haphazard left-margin trimming and X’s over the signature of Treasurer H. Gardner from redemption, both also signed by Stephen Minot and J. Mascarene, with “Capt Moore” (on #49) and “ Capt D Field” (on #50) handwritten at top, rare issue (R6 in Anderson) with fairly low and desirably sequential serial numbers, both Fine or so with minor pinholes, folds and light foxing. Estimate: $800-$1,200.
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