Name/Title
Virginia $100 BillEntry/Object ID
2025.7.2Description
Indented uniface bill, printed on thin laid paper with a border of decorative cuts including No., XXX. POUNDS., Virginia 100 Dol. 1778., One Hundred DOLLARS., and the serial number 7327 in manuscript.
Central text block reads: ONE Hundred Spanish milled Dollars, or the Value thereof in Gold or Silver, to be given in Exchange for this Bill at the Treasury of Virginia, pursuant to an Act of Assembly passed October the 5th, 1778.
Signed by Jonathan Boush and Edward Archer.Made/Created
Date made
10/5/1778Time Period
18th CenturyPlace of Origin
City
Williamsburg, VirginiaBanknote Details
Denomination
100Issuing Authority
Treasury of VirginiaProduction Dates
10/5/1778Serial Number
7323Obverse
Transcription
No. 7323 XXX. POUNDS.
Virginia. 100 Dol. 1778.
ONE Hundred Spanish milled Dollars, or the Value thereof in Gold or Silver, to be given in Exchange for this Bill at the Treasury of Virginia, pursuant to an Act of Assembly passed October the 5th, 1778.
[signed]
Jno Boush
Edward Archer
One Hundred DOLLARS.Provenance
Notes
The Treasury of Virginia issued this $100 bill under the governorship of Patrick Henry. Payable in silver coin, this early “C Note” was printed from a form made completely of type. Furthermore, it has an irregularly cut elaborate left-side border, making it a verifiable “indented” bill.
The note bears two signatures: Jonathan Boush and Edward Archer II (1747–1807). Jonathan Boush appears alongside Edward Archer II on several surviving Virginia treasury bills.
Edward Archer II was a treasurer in Norfolk and the first treasurer of Virginia.
Joseph E. Winston (1942–living), a fourth-great-grandson of Patrick Henry, donated this bill, along with a collection of others, on June 17, 2025.