print email comment close Colonial Currency URL: http://www.coins.nd.edu/ColCurrency/ Description: "Descriptions and images of paper currencies of early America through the 1790's" (including Continental Congress issues, lottery tickets, and fiscal documents). Browsable by colony/state. Also features essays on the first printed currency (1690), Bills of Credit, Land Office Banks, devaluation, the Copper Panic, the value of money in Colonial America, the 1702 London Mint Assay, legal tender, and indenting. From the University of Notre Dame, Department of Special Collections. Author: Jordan, Louis Publisher: University of Notre Dame Library of Congress Subject Headings: Numismatics Paper money Paper money -- United States United States -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 United States -- History -- Confederation, 1783-1789 United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 LII Database Information: Record 2080 created by Tom McGibney on 06/06/2002 Last modification on 06/11/2002 Published: 06/06/2002   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/2080