Early American currency
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Early American currency went through several stages of development during the colonial and post-Revolutionary history of the United States. John Hull was authorized by the Massachusetts legislature to
1652 pine tree shilling
Continental One Third Dollar Note (obverse)
A fifty-five dollar Continental issued in 1779
United Colonies
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The United Colonies, officially the United Colonies of North-America, was created in 1775 by the Second Continental Congress in Philadelphia as a newly formed proto-state comprising the Thirteen Colon
Early American currency
…the colony (the willow, the oak, and the pine tree shilling) in 1652. Because few coins were minted in the Thirteen Colonies, which later became the United Colonies and then the United States, foreign coins like the Spanish dollar were widely circulated. Colonial governments, at times, issued paper money to facilitate…
Thirteen Colonies of North America: Dark red = New England colonies. Deep orange = Middle Atlantic colonies. Red-brown = Southern colonies.
1776 eight-dollar Continental Currency banknote featuring "The United Colonies" name
Independence Hall