Continental Currency
(One Shilling)

American
1780

By the end of the war, it became necessary for the states to stop their own inflation by collecting state-issued currency for destruction. Some notes were destroyed by punching a hole into the bill, while others were destroyed by burning.

Paper. L 8.8, W 7.1 cm
The John F. Reed Collection
Valley Forge National Historical Park, VAFO 64165