paper money

Object number
2010.21.3.3
Date
1778
Description
Paper currency denoting sixty Spanish-milled dollars ("Continental Currency"). The note is supported by "a Resolution passed by Congress at Philadelphia, Sept. 26th, 1778." Note has a printed border, text, and a globe circumscribed by a ring of Latin text. A handwritten signature can be seen at bottom right.
Materials
paper
Credit Line
Gift of Sheila Burns