1/2 Dollar `Continental Currency` - United Colonies
1/2 Dollar `Continental Currency` - United Colonies
€335,873.00
Issuer
United States (pre-federal and private territorial)
Year
1776
Type
Standard banknote
Value
1/2 Dollar
Currency
Composition
Paper
Size
80 × 59 mm
Shape
Rectangular
Printer
No. printed
Designer(s)
Engraver(s)
In circulation to
Reference(s)
Obverse description
A sun with a face shines on a sundial.
Reverse description
The 13 rings correspond to the states that were originally part of the United States (the 13 founding colonies).
Signature(s)
Protection type
Protection description
Obverse lettering
HALF A DOLLAR
According
to a Resolution
of CONGRESS,
passed at Phi-
ladelphia, Fe-
bruary 17,
1776.
FUGIO.
MIND YOUR
BUSINESS
HALF A DOLLAR
Reverse lettering
HALF A DOLLAR.
N-HAMPˢ. MASSACHˢ. CONNECT.ᵀ R. ISLAND.
N. YORK. N. JERSEY. PENNSYLVᴬ DELAWARE.
MARYLAND. VIRGINIA. N. CAROLᴬ. S. CAROLᴬ. GEORGIA
AMERICAN CONGRESS
WE ARE ONE
Printed by Hall & Sellers,
in Philadelphia. 1776.
