80 Dollars "Continental Currency" - United States
Features
| Issuer |
United States (pre-federal and private/territorial)
 |
|---|---|
| Type | Standard circulation banknotes |
| Year | 1779 |
| Currency | Dollar |
| Composition | Papier |
| Size | 97 × 72 mm |
| Shape | Prostokątny |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 353621 |
Obverse
Duże drzewo
Script: łaciński
Lettering:
Eighty Dollars.
THE BEARER is en-
titled to RECEIVE
EIGHTY SPANISH milled
DOLLARS, or an equal
Sum in GOLD or SILVER,
according to a Resolution
of CONGRESS of the 14th
JANUARY, 1779.
Eighty Dollars.
THE UNITED STATES
OF NORTH AMERICA
ET IN SECULA SECULORUM FLORESCEBIT
Reverse
Nadruk przyrodniczy, liść truskawki
Script: łaciński
Lettering:
Eighty Dollars.
Printed by HALL and SEL-
LERS. 1779.
Printer
Hall & Sellers, United StatesComments
(en)
The process of illustrating banknotes with a real plant leaves was developed by Benjamin Franklin to discourage counterfeiting.
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Undetermined | |||||||||||||||
| ND (1779) | |||||||||||||||
| 1779-Jan-14 | |||||||||||||||
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Numista Rarity index: 97
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