Massachusetts Colonial Currency May 5th, 1780 1 Dollar $1 Fr-MA278 Printed By Hall & Sellers Grades

Massachusetts Colonial Currency May 5th, 1780 1 Dollar $1 Fr-MA278 Printed By Hall & Sellers Grades
Massachusetts Colonial Currency May 5th, 1780 1 Dollar $1 Fr-MA278 Printed By Hall & Sellers Grades Choice AU/BU Slider. Hall & Sellers was a Philadelphia printing company originally established by Benjamin Franklin. In 1743 Franklin hired David Hall (1714-77), a Scottish journeyman printer, and in 1748 made the latter a partner. The firm printed Pennsylvania Gazette, Franklin's newspaper. In 1766 Franklin sold his share in the business to Hall, and later that same year Hall brought in the journeyman printer William Sellers as his new partner, establishing Hall & Sellers. The firm carried government contracts, including printing paper money.