Continental currency banknotes

This is a list of Continental currency banknotes, which were printed from 1775 through 1779.

1775

Denomination	Obverse	Reverse	Date
$1	300x300px	300x300px	November 29, 1775^[1]
$2	300x300px	300x300px	November 29, 1775^[1]
$3	300x300px	300x300px	May 10, 1775^[2]
$4	300x300px	300x300px	May 10, 1775^[2]
$5	300x300px	300x300px	May 10, 1775^[2]
$5	300x300px	300x300px	November 29, 1775^[3]
$6	300x300px	300x300px	November 29, 1775^[3]
$7	300x300px	300x300px	May 10, 1775^[4]
$7	300x300px	300x300px	November 29, 1775^[3]
$8	300x300px	300x300px	May 10, 1775^[4]
$8	300x300px	300x300px	November 29, 1775^[3]
$20	400x400px	400x400px	May 10, 1775^[4]

1776

Denomination	Obverse	Reverse	Date
$¹⁄₆	300x300px	300x300px	February 17, 1776^[5]
$¹⁄₃	300x300px	300x300px	February 17, 1776^[5]
$¹⁄₂	300x300px	300x300px	February 17, 1776^[5]
$²⁄₃	300x300px	300x300px	February 17, 1776^[5]
$1	300x300px		February 17, 1776^[6]
$2	300x300px	300x300px	February 17, 1776^[6]
	300x300px	300x300px	May 9, 1776^[7]
	300x300px		November 2, 1776^[8]
$3	300x300px	300x300px	May 9, 1776^[7]
	300x300px	300x300px	July 22, 1776^[9]
	300x300px	300x300px	November 2, 1776^[8]
$4	300x300px	300x300px	November 2, 1776^[8]
$5	300x300px	300x300px	February 17, 1776^[6]
	300x300px	300x300px	July 22, 1776^[9]
	300x300px	300x300px	November 2, 1776^[8]
$6	300x300px	300x300px	May 9, 1776^[7]
$6	300x300px	300x300px	November 2, 1776^[10]
$7	300x300px	300x300px	February 17, 1776^[6]
	300x300px	300x300px	May 9, 1776^[7]
	300x300px	300x300px	July 22, 1776^[9]
$8	300x300px	300x300px	May 9, 1776^[7]
$8	300x300px	300x300px	November 2, 1776^[10]
$30	300x300px	300x300px	July 22, 1776^[9]
$30	300x300px	300x300px	November 2, 1776^[10]

1777

Denomination	Obverse	Reverse	Date
$2	300x300px	300x300px	May 20, 1777^[11]
$3	300x300px	300x300px	February 26, 1777^[12]
$3	300x300px	300x300px	May 20, 1777^[11]
$4	300x300px	300x300px	February 26, 1777^[12]
$6	300x300px		May 20, 1777^[11]
$7	300x300px	300x300px	February 26, 1777^[12]
$8	300x300px	300x300px	May 20, 1777^[11]

1778

Denomination	Obverse	Reverse	Date
$5	300x300px	300x300px	September 26, 1778^[13]
$6	300x300px	300x300px	April 11, 1778^[14]
$7	300x300px	300x300px	September 26, 1778^[13]
$8	300x300px		April 11, 1778^[14]
$8	300x300px	300x300px	September 26, 1778^[13]
$20	300x300px	300x300px	September 26, 1778^[13]
$30	300x300px	300x300px	September 26, 1778^[13]
$40	300x300px	300x300px	September 26, 1778^[15]
$50	300x300px	300x300px	September 26, 1778^[15]
$60	300x300px	300x300px	September 26, 1778^[15]

1779

Denomination	Obverse	Reverse	Date
$1	300x300px	300x300px	January 14, 1779^[16]
$2	300x300px	300x300px	January 14, 1779^[16]
$4	300x300px	300x300px	January 14, 1779^[16]
$5	300x300px	300x300px	January 14, 1779^[16]
$20	300x300px	300x300px	January 14, 1779^[16]
$30	300x300px	300x300px	January 14, 1779^[16]
$35	300x300px	300x300px	January 14, 1779^[16]
$40	300x300px	300x300px	January 14, 1779^[16]
$45	300x300px	300x300px	January 14, 1779^[17]
$55	300x300px	300x300px	January 14, 1779^[17]
$60	300x300px	300x300px	January 14, 1779^[17]
$65	300x300px	300x300px	January 14, 1779^[17]
$70	300x300px	300x300px	January 14, 1779^[17]
$80	300x300px	300x300px	January 14, 1779^[17]

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v t e Money and central banking in the United States (pre–1913)
1607–1760	Bills of credit (c. 1690–1750) Tobacco Inspection Act (1730) Maryland Tobacco Inspection Act of 1747 Currency Acts (1751; 1764)
1760–1840	Second Continental Congress (1776–1780) U.S. dollar banknotes (1775–) Continental currency banknotes (1775–1779) Bank of Pennsylvania (1780–1781) U.S. Finance Superintendent (1781–1785) Bank of North America (1781–1791) Article I of the U.S. Constitution 1787–1788; Section VIII Section X U.S. Treasury Department 1789–1913; U.S. Treasury Secretary U.S. Treasury security (1789–present) First Bank of the United States (1791–1811) Coinage Act of 1792 United States Mint (1792–1873) U.S. dollar coins (1792–) Half dime (1792–1873) 1792 half disme Half cent (1793–1857) Large cent (1793–1857) Treasury Note (1812–1913) Second Bank of the United States (1816–1836) Suffolk Bank (1818–1858) McCulloch v. Maryland (1819) Suffolk System (1824–1858) New York Safety Fund System (1829–1842) Bank War (1832–1836) Coinage Act of 1834
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1870–1914	Legal Tender Cases Hepburn v. Griswold (1870) Currency Act of 1870 National Gold Bank Note (1870–1875) Knox v. Lee (1871) Coinage Act of 1873 Specie Payment Resumption Act (1875) Twenty-cent piece (1875–1878) Bland–Allison Act (1878) Silver certificate (1878–1964) Refunding Certificate (1879–1907) Juilliard v. Greenman (1884) Sherman Silver Purchase Act (1890) Treasury Note (1890–1891) Gold Standard Act (1900) Aldrich–Vreeland Act (1908) National Monetary Commission (1909–1912) Federal Reserve Act (1913)

Continental currency banknotes

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1775

1776

1777

1778

1779

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