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80 Dollars 'Continental Currency' - United States
| Emittent | Continental Congress of the United States |
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| Jahr | 1779 |
| Typ | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Vorderseitenbeschreibung | The obverse is divided into two registers: the left portion bears a large typographic tree vignette in red ink alongside the vertical legend of the issuing authority, while the right portion carries the principal text block in letterpress, stating the bearer obligation in period typography. A central circular medallion enclosing a geometric device is surrounded by the Latin motto 'ET IN SECULA SECULORUM FLORESCEBIT', with two manuscript signatures applied below the text in brown ink. |
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| Vorderseitenlegende | Eighty Dollars. THE BEARER is entitled to RECEIVE EIGHTY SPANISH milled DOLLARS, or an equal Sum in GOLD or SILVER, according to a Resolution of CONGRESS of the 14th JANUARY, 1779. Eighty Dollars. THE UNITED STATES OF NORTH AMERICA ET IN SECULA SECULORUM FLORESCEBIT |
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By 1779, Continental Currency had collapsed in real terms — the phrase "not worth a Continental" was already entering common speech. This $80 denomination reflects the inflationary spiral directly: earlier emissions had topped out at $30, but purchasing power had eroded so badly that larger face values became necessary just to cover ordinary transactions. Congress authorized $200 million in new emissions that year, a decision that accelerated the very devaluation it was meant to address.
Hall and Sellers used nature-printed leaf patterns as a primary counterfeit deterrent — a technique Benjamin Franklin had pioneered decades earlier at the same Philadelphia press. No two leaves are identical, which made duplication virtually impossible with 18th-century technology.