At first the currency circulated at a par with the Spanish milled dollar, but since the states were simultaneously emitting their own bills of credit and debt certificates to cover their war expenses, the glut of bills issued without sound financial revenues soon led to depreciation of all forms of circulating paper, but especially that of Congress.
Great Britain contributed to this financial instability through counterfeiting the issues of 20 May and 11 April to such a degree that Congress recalled both issues in their entirety. This depreciation had effectively put an end to circulation of the paper bills by , when Congress resolved to stop issuing them altogether. This collection contains paper bills printed by the Continental Congress to finance the army, provisions, governmental actions, and all other aspects of national protection and security during the Revolutionary war.
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