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4 Dollars 'Continental Currency' - United Colonies
| Issuer | Continental Congress |
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| Year | 1775-1776 |
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| Value | 4 Dollars |
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| Obverse lettering | THE UNITED COLONIES FOUR DOLLARS 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 of CONGRESS, passed in Philadelphia Novem- ber 29, 1775. CONTINENTAL CURRENCY FOUR DOLLARS |
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| Reverse lettering | FOUR DOLLARS Printed by Hall & Sellers, in Philadelphia, 1775. |
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| Protection description | A botanical nature print (leaf impression) used as an anti-counterfeiting device, a technique pioneered by Benjamin Franklin for Continental Currency notes. |
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