14 Note Colonial and Continental Repro Currency

CURRENCY!

HISTORY OF COLONIAL & REVOLUTIONARY CURRENCY

The first settlers in Colonial America used wampum beads, beaver skins, and tobacco as means of exchange. The shortage of "hard money" (coins) severely hindered the conduct of business. Few British coins reached the colonies, but shipmasters did bring in foreign money The most common coin in circulation was the Spanish milled dollar; its value varied from colony to colony.

To overcome this handicap to business, the colonies began to issue paper currency. Many of the Colonial notes were issued in terms of shillings, because even though most transactions were in Spanish dollars, the official account of exchange was British units - pounds, shillings, and pence.

Odd denominations of the currency were often printed because of the lack of small change. To lower costs, many bills were not printed on the reverse side. Each bill was usually numbered and signed individually by hand to discourage counterfeiting.

The Revolutionary War brought new money difficulties. The Continental Congress, powerless to impose taxes, was forced to print massive amounts of currency to finance the war. This flood of paper money caused the Continental currency to rapidly depreciate; by 1781, the paper was exchangeable for coin at a ratio of 225 to 1! ($225 in paper for a $1 coin).

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14 Great Pieces of History

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18 Pence - New Jersey – 1776
3 Dollars - Rhode Island & Providence 1780
250 Dollars - Virginia 1781
10 Shillings - Connecticut 1780
8 Dollars - Maryland - 1774
10 Dollars – New York - 1776
5 Shillings - Delaware - 1776
4 Dollars - Georgia - 1777
5 Shillings - South Carolina - 1778
15 Shillings - Pennsylvania - 1773
20 Dollars - U. S. Continental 1778
4 Dollars - North Carolina 1778
8 Dollars - Massachusetts-Bay 1780
7 Dollars - New Hampshire 1780