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2. Continental Currency dollar coin - Wikipedia

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   Benjamin Franklin. Design date. 1776. The Continental Currency dollar coin (also known as Continental dollar coin, Fugio dollar, or Franklin dollar) was the first pattern coin struck for the United States. [1][2] The coins, which were designed by Benjamin Franklin, were minted in 1776 and examples were made on pewter, brass, and silver planchets.

3. Rare 1776 continental dollar coin found inside toffee tin to ...

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   September 5, 2024 at 5:36 PM. One dollar will be worth a lot more than that — as a rare 1776 continental dollar coin is set to go to auction next month. Wotton Auction Rooms told CBS News in an ...

4. Rare coin from 1776 found in bottom of toffee tin to sell at ...

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   September 2, 2024 at 2:20 PM. Rare coin from 1776 found in bottom of toffee tin to sell at auction. A unique item that is worth thousands was recently found at the bottom of a toffee tin. Wotton ...

5. United States Bicentennial coinage - Wikipedia

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   The United States Bicentennial coinage is a set of circulating commemorative coins, consisting of a quarter, half dollar and dollar struck by the United States Mint in 1975 and 1976. Regardless of when struck, each coin bears the double date 1776–1976 on the normal obverses for the Washington quarter, Kennedy half dollar and Eisenhower dollar.

6. Early American currency - Wikipedia

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   A fifty-five dollar Continental issued in 1779. After the American Revolutionary War began in 1775, the Continental Congress began issuing paper money known as Continental currency, or Continentals. Continental currency was denominated in dollars from $ 1⁄6 to $80, including many odd denominations in between.

7. History of the United States dollar - Wikipedia

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   By the end of 1778, this Continental currency retained only between 1 ⁄ 5 to 1 ⁄ 7 of its original face value. By 1780, Continental bills – or Continentals – were worth just 1 ⁄ 40 of their face value. Congress tried to reform the currency by removing the old bills from circulation and issuing new ones, but this met with little-to-no ...