How To Identify Counterfeit Colonial Currency

If you have a note from the state below and it matches the listed serial number, then what you have is a reproduction. Authentic colonial currency was printed on very thick paper. Fake colonial currency was printed on very thin brown and brittle paper.

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Continental Currency $20 Sept 26, 1778 # 270350

Connecticut 10 Shilling June 1, 1770 # 11259

Delaware 5 Shilling Jan 1, 1776 # 62101

Georgia $4 Sept 10, 1777 # 2991 & # 19567

Maryland $8 Apr 10, 1774 # 14020

Massachusetts $8 May 5, 1780 # 25480

New Hampshire 30 Shilling Aug 24, 1778 # 992

$7 Aug 29, 1780 # 1702 or # A702

New Jersey 18 Pence Mar 25, 1776 # 8418

New York 5 Pounds Feb 16, 1771 # 24323

$10 Aug 13, 1776 # ????

North Carolina $4 Aug 8, 1778 # 126 or # 146

Pennsylvania 15 Shilling Oct 1, 1773 # 5520

Rhode Island $3 July 2, 1780 # 2298

South Carolina 5 Shilling Apr 10, 1778 # 640

$8 Oct 9, 1776 # [none]

Virginia $250 Mar 1, 1771 # 1165