Maryland Currency - One Dollar
Printer Anne Catherine Hoof Green American, born The Netherlands
Engraver Thomas Sparrow American
Not on view
An emission of $318,000 in indented bills without legal tender status to be used for loans. They were to be payable from October 10, 1781, to April 10, 1782, at the rate of 4s6d sterling per dollar or equivalent bin gold or silver. However by an act of October 17, 1780 all currency issues before 1776 were to be exchanged at a rate of forty old dollars for one new dollar until March 20, 1781, at which time they became void. This issue following the January 1, 1767, Maryland issue is the second issue to use the term dollar. Printed by Anne Catherine Green and William Green in Annapolis. Border cuts for this issue (and for the previous issue of January 1, 1767) were engraved by Thomas Sparrow, an Annapolis goldsmith. The nature prints on the back has previously been used for the January 1, 1767, emission printed by Jonas Green. Each bill had two signers. Denominations printed were: $1/9, $1/6, $2/9, $1/3, $1/2, $2/3, $1, $2, $4, $6 and $8.
