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1 Dollar / 4 Shillings and 6 Pence Sterling Colony of Maryland
| Issuer | Provincial Convention of Maryland |
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| Year | 1775 |
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| Currency | Pound |
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| Obverse lettering | ONE DOLLAR THIS Bill of ONE DOLLAR, shall entitle the bearer hereof to receive Gold or Silver, at the Rate of Four Shillings and Six- pence Sterling per Dollar for the said Bill, ac- cording to a Resolve of the Provincial Convention of Maryland, held at the City of Annapolis, the 7th Day of December, 1775. |
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| Reverse lettering | ONE DOLLAR SUB CLY PEO ANNAPOLIS: Printed by F. GREEN. Equal to 4s. 6d. Sterling. |
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Maryland's Provincial Convention authorized this emission in July 1775, one of several rapid currency issues made as the colony moved toward open resistance. The dual denomination — dollar alongside sterling shillings and pence — reflects the awkward monetary reality of a population that calculated prices in both systems simultaneously, and the Convention's need to make the paper acceptable to as wide a range of creditors as possible.
Frederick Green was the official printer to the Maryland General Assembly, operating out of Annapolis. His shop produced both the Maryland Gazette and official government work, which made him the natural — and essentially only — choice for emergency currency production at this moment.