Last week Tony Terranova shared a 1776 one dollar New York note with the signature of Fugio cent coiner James Jarvis. -Editor

"About 10 years ago, Randy Clark made me aware of this signature on a note. I obtained one on eBay and another from John Kraljevich. I did some signature research and I'm convinced that this James Jarvis is the same one of CT Copper and Fugio Cent fame. Randy Clark has been keeping a census of notes appearing with his signature, and there's not a lot of them. There was one being auctioned in the past couple weeks, and I hope the owner appreciates it. By any chance, is this recent auction appearance the same note that Tony pictured in The E-Sylum?

"Hand signed notes are a big source of collecting fun for me as all Colonial and Continental Currency have them. Whether we know who the signer was or not... he was someone of importance at the time. And every note is indeed unique in that they have hand written serial numbers. I love this hobby!"

Yes, Tony confirmed that his note came from a recent sale. -Editor

"A few years ago, Ray wrote to me about Jarvis's signature. Ray also wrote about these NY emissions in the C4 Newsletter. It was a cover story in the Summer 2018 issue.

"Ray sent me a link to Lost Chapters from American Methodism (Wakely), which shows the 1769 signature of James Jarvis's father, also named James, who was a New York City hatter and died in 1774 (at only 42). I also found this elder James's signature as imaged in History of Methodism: American Methodism (Hurst). You can see that his signature is very similar to the younger James Jarvis of coining fame. According to Damon Douglas, the younger James Jarvis was baptized in Oyster Bay, Long Island, on May 9, 1756."