Supporting research record

Continental paper dollar

T-FTM000484 · Outside the currency tree

Paper-account value for Continental bills; not automatically modern USD.

Instrument, denomination, issuer, monetary standard or other context: not a separate currency node.

Currency profiles

Evidence & research notes 3 claims

Poster span retained only as an unverified background guide; neither endpoint is automatically accepted.

Supported C145

The San Francisco Fed dates Continental paper issuance to 1775.

Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco · Independence and Continental Currency Citation S72 · Open source ↗

Continental issuance paragraph

Source access and limitations

Use for issuance, not a blanket interpretation of all notes as irredeemable fiat.

Supported C146

The Smithsonian’s 1778 fifty-dollar Continental bill promises Spanish milled dollars or equivalent gold or silver value.

Smithsonian National Museum of American History · 50 Dollars, Continental Congress, 1778; nmah_1803808 Citation S73 · Open source ↗

Obverse transcription, nmah_1803808

Source access and limitations

Printed promise is not evidence of payment in full; specimen is not the first Continental issue.

Supported C147

The 1790 Funding Act accepts Continental bills at 100 paper dollars per specie dollar of subscribed principal, paid through funded-debt certificates.

United States Congress; FRASER · Funding Act of 1790 Citation S74 · Open source ↗

Sections 3–4, pp. 139–140

Source access and limitations

100:1 is a valuation for subscribing to funded debt, not immediate cash redemption into modern USD.