Colonial Currency

Colonial Currency was first issued in 1690 by the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Before this the Colonial economy depended largely on foreign coins, barter, and commodity money. Other colonies soon began to issue their own paper currency. Usually denominated in Spanish Milled Dollars, Colonial notes were also denominated in British shillings, pounds, and pence. In 1764, the British declared Colonial currency illegal. Beginning in 1775, the Continental Congress issued currency to finance the war.

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