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Continental One Third Dollar Note (obverse) A fifty-five dollar Continental issued in 1779. After the American Revolutionary War began in 1775, the Continental Congress began issuing paper money known as Continental currency, or Continentals. Continental currency was denominated in dollars from $ 1 ⁄ 6 to $80, including many odd denominations ...
The French spent 1.3 billion livres on war costs equivalent to 100 million pounds sterling (at 13 livres to the pound). After the war ended, France had a debt of 3,315.1 million livres, [26] a colossal sum of money at the time which put an enormous strain on the country's total fortune in terms of usable assets and productive capacity. The ...
November 29, 1775 [1] $2 November 29, 1775 [1] $3 May 10, 1775 [2] $4 ... Banknotes of the United States dollar; Continental Currency dollar coin; Fugio cent; References
The American Revolutionary War (April 19, 1775 – September 3, 1783), also known as the Revolutionary War or American War of Independence, was an armed conflict that was part of the broader American Revolution, in which American Patriot forces organized as the Continental Army and commanded by George Washington defeated the British Army.
Georgia was the only colony not present in the First Continental Congress in 1774. When violence broke out in 1775, radical Patriots (also known as Whigs) took control of the provincial government, and drove many Loyalists out of the province. Georgia subsequently took part to the Second Continental Congress with the other colonies. In 1776 and ...
Continental currency was denominated in dollars from $ 1 ⁄ 6 to $80, including many odd denominations in between. During the Revolution, Congress issued $241,552,780 in Continental currency. [1] By the end of 1778, this Continental currency retained only between 1 ⁄ 5 to 1 ⁄ 7 of its original face value.
The History of Georgia, Volume 1. Boston: Houghton Mifflin. OCLC 1816720. Nester, William (2004). The Frontier War for American Independence. Mechanicsburg, PA: Stackpole Books. ISBN 978-0-8117-0077-1. OCLC 260092836. Pennington, Edward (July 1930). "East Florida in the American Revolution, 1775–1778". The Florida Historical Society Quarterly ...
The denominations issued were $1, $2, $5, $10, $20, $50, $100, $500 and $1,000. The $1, $2, $500 and $1,000 notes were only issued in large size until 1882. The $1 and $2 notes are common from most issuing banks. Only three remaining examples of the $500 note are known, with one held privately; the $1,000 note is unknown to exist.