SC-156. South Carolina. February 8, 1779. $70. PCGS Banknote About Uncirculated 55 Details. Repaired Ink Erosion. No. 8349. Signed by Charles Atkins, John Smyth, and Plowden Weston. Printed by Thomas Coram of Charleston. Hope standing by a ribbon with Latin motto SPES MENTIS SOLATIA, translated "Hope is the consolation of the mind." Large vignette on back with mythological figure Prometheus, having angered the Gods for giving fire to man, sentenced to an eternity of a vulture picking away at his liver. PCGS has noted a restoration on the back where there was minor ink erosion. Any AU Coram note is worthy of a four-figure price.
