Uncut sheet of United States Continental currency

Printer Hall and Sellers, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania American

1776

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This object is an uncut sheet of United States Continental currency. There are twelve pieces of currency on one plate. The denominations include three pence, four pence, six pence, and nine pence.

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Title: Uncut sheet of United States Continental currency
Printer: Hall and Sellers, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Date: 1776
Medium: Engraving and letterpress
Classifications: Prints, Ephemera
Credit Line: Bequest of Charles Allen Munn, 1924
Object Number: 24.90.1583
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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