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8 Pounds, 15 Shillings Hartford, Connecticut
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| Year | 1789 |
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| Currency | Pound |
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| Obverse description | 1789 Revolutionary War State of Connecticut Comptroller’s Office Promissory Note |
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| Reverse description | Blank. |
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Connecticut's 1789 emission is a late outlier — most American colonial and state paper money issues had wound down by this point, displaced by federal currency debates surrounding the newly ratified Constitution. A state still printing its own denominated notes in pounds and shillings in 1789 was already operating against the monetary tide.
The odd denomination — 8 pounds, 15 shillings — is characteristic of Connecticut's fractional emission schedules, which were often structured around loan office repayment calculations rather than round commercial convenience. Hartford served as one of the colony's, then state's, primary emission points throughout the Revolutionary period.