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Replica - 20 Dollars Continental Currency
| Issuer | Continental Congress of the United States |
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| Year | 1778 |
| Type | Replica banknote |
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| Obverse description | Letterpress-printed note with ornate scrollwork borders on left and right margins reading 'Continental Currency' vertically. Central vignette within a circular frame shows a ploughed field with furrows receding to a treeline, encircled by the Latin motto 'VI CONCITATA'. Denomination text and bearer clause occupy the left half in period script, with two manuscript signatures at foot. |
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| Obverse lettering | Continental Currency The United States XX DOLL Twenty Dollars. No. 270850 COPY VI CONCITATA This BILL entitles the Bearer to receive TWENTY SPANISH MILLED DOLLARS, or the Value thereof in Gold or Silver, according to a Reso- lution passed by Con- gress at Philadelphia, Sept. 26th 1778 XX DOLLARS Continental Currency The United States D XX |
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Continental Currency notes of this period were printed by Hall & Sellers in Philadelphia, the same firm that printed the Pennsylvania Gazette. The 1778 issues came during a period of catastrophic depreciation — by the end of that year, Continental dollars had lost roughly two-thirds of their face value against specie, a collapse that gave the English language the phrase "not worth a Continental."
This is a replica. Handling and study are the point; no collector value attaches to it.