Continental currency

大陸紙幣／ continental-currency　—　Names of money

The North American paper money issued to pay for the War of Independence.

Continental note (one sixth of a dollar) — A photograph of the real thing this term names.

Fugio cent — A photograph of the real thing this term names.

⚠ It was issued without a mechanism for collecting taxes, so no backing could be established. When the "power to print paper" is separate from the "power to tax," only the amount of paper increases.

Terms explained using this word

collection settlement

Courses where this term appears

B03 Fineness and Debasement B07 War and Money B10 Counterfeiting B17 Money and Law C08 Nominalism C10 Counterfeit Coin and the Pursuer

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The Fate of Paper Inscribed with "Time Flies"

Where this word appears

Overview: 2,700 years of the world　United States　Colonies Without Coin
Overview: 2,700 years of the world　A history of false money　Operation Bernhard
Overview: 2,700 years of the world　War and money　Wartime Paper
United States　The eve　The colonies on the eve of independence
United States　The continental currency　Philadelphia, the Continental Congress
United States　"Not worth a continental"　A market during the War of Independence
United States　Money inside the constitution　Philadelphia, the Constitutional Convention
United States　The Coinage Act of 1792　The text of the Coinage Act

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