Paper 4 dollar of the Continental Congress, Yorktown, 1778. 0000.999.29966

Canonical URI: http://numismatics.org/collection/0000.999.29966

Physical Description

  • Axis: 3
  • Color: black

  • Measurements

    • Height: 73
    • Width: 93
  • SerialNumber: 169056
  • Shape: Rectangle

Typological Description

  • Object Type: Paper currency
  • Date: 1778

  • Date on Object

    • Date: April 11, 1778
  • Denomination: 4 dollar
  • Manufacture: Printed
  • Material: Paper

  • Authority

  • Geographic

  • Obverse

    • Legend: FOUR DOLLARS. \ THIS BILL entitles \ the Bearer to receive \ Four Spanish milled Dol- \ lars, or the Value there- \ of in Gold or Silver, ac- \ cording to a Resolution \ passed by CONGRESS, \ at YORK-TOWN, 11th \ April, 1778. | FOUR DOLLARS [x3] | IV Dollars [x2] | THE UNITED STATES [x2] | AUT • MORS • AUT • VITA • DECORA •
    • Type: A wild board charging into a spear

  • Reverse

    • Legend: FOUR DOLLARS. | PRINTED BY HALL AND SEL- \ LERS. 1778.
    • Type: Nature print, buttercup leaf

References

Administrative History

  • Identifier: 0000.999.29966
  • Department: North American
  • Collection: American Numismatic Society

Subjects

  • Series: Paper Money--Continental Currency

Notes

  • "The Yorktown Issue"

Rights

  • CopyrightHolder: American Numismatic Society
  • License: Public Domain Mark (images)
  • Rights: No Copyright - United States