Continental Currency 1775-1779
Posted: 29 Jan 2023 14:16
The Second Continental Congress of 1775, meeting in Philadelphia, authorised the issue of a paper currency to fund the Revolutionary War. Paul Revere of Boston engraved the plates for the first of these bills, which were known as Continental Currency.
Here is an interesting example of a $2 bill with an Ireland association. The bill is signed by Hercules Courtenay who was born in Newry in 1736.
Here is an interesting example of a $2 bill with an Ireland association. The bill is signed by Hercules Courtenay who was born in Newry in 1736.