Early Paper Money of America / Connecticut / 1776 June 7

Early Paper Money of America (NNP Edition)|

£60,000 ($200,000) in Treasury Notes dated June 7, 1776 due on Jan. 1, 1781 and similar to prior issue. £10,000 of the issue was to be 6s and below and signed by one committee member. Others required two signatures. These bills have the same signers as prior issue plus William Fisher and Nathaniel Needham. Some bills are slash or hole cancelled and others show redemption registration written in by the comptroller. A 1771 restriction on use of bills of other colonies was repealed as unjust.

1s [57,800]
1s3d [14,000]
2s [14,000]
2s6d [21,000]
3s [7,000]
5s [7,000]
6s [700]
10s [42,000]
15s [14,000]
£1
£2 [3,500] Back reads July 1,1774