1776 Continental Currency COLONIAL NOTE $6 Six Dollars ~ Very Fine VF Condition

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1776 Continental Currency COLONIAL NOTE $6 Six Dollars ~ Very Fine VF Condition:
$172.00

1776 Continental Colonial

Six Dollars ~ February 17, 1776

Fine Condition

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I am offering for sale this Continental CurrencyColonial notedated February 17, 1776... the birth year of our nation! This one has seen some handling and is in VF condition. Note is signed by Samual Massey and features the Perserverance vignette. Printed on thick paper, there is a noticeable stain in the lower left. Note is in VF condition. Thenote imaged hereis the one you will receive. We pride ourselves for having amongst the lowest prices of certified/3rd party graded Colonial Currency on ! Please seemy other offerings.

COLONIAL CURRENCY

Early American currency went through several stages of development in the colonial and post-Revolutionary history of the United States. Because few coins were minted in the 13 colonies that later became the United States in 1776, foreign coins like the Spanish dollarwere widely circulated. Colonial governments sometimes issued paper money to facilitate economic activity.

During the American Revolution, the colonies became independent states; freed from British monetary regulations, they issued paper money to pay for military expenses. The Continental Congress also issued paper money during the Revolution, known as Continental currency, to fund the war effort. Both state and Continental currency depreciated rapidly, becoming practically worthless by the end of the war.

To address these and other problems, the United States Constitution, ratified in 1788, denied individual states the right to coin and print money. The First Bank Of The United States, chartered in 1791, and the Coinage Act of 1792, thus began the era of a national American currency.

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