By the president and the Supreme Executive Council of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. A proclamation Whereas divers ill-disposed persons have manufactured, or imported into this state, quantities of base metal ... Given ... at Philadelphia, this thirteenth day of August, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty three (Printed by Francis Bailey, 1783)
Enjoining all citizens not to accept the spurious British half-pence currently in circulation, and offering a reward for the apprehension of the counterfeiters. - Evans, 18091. - Hildeburn, C.R. Pennsylvania, 4352. - Signed: John Dickinson. - The words "Printed by Francis Bailey." appear at head of title, on either side of a relief cut of the state seal