Posted 07/04/2013 7:07 pm
The Continentals were printed in 11 emissions between 1775 and 1779, which vary in rarity. A quick look at Heritage Auctions shows hammer prices as low as $66 for worn specimens; from there, up into the hundreds, or higher for pristine notes. The elongated $20 bill, from just the May 10, 1775 issue, was printed on paper supplied by Franklin himself, with his own unique anticounterfeiting design of colored marbling along the left margin; these bills, in uncirculated condition, can go for over $10,000.
The $30 wasn't the highest denomination in the end. Rampant inflation made it necessary to introduce new notes, up to an eighty dollar bill!
These aren't my notes, by the way, though I would like to put this series together. Wanted to feature examples with reasonably legible emblems, which is not always the case with these. Especially that lousy beaver.
The $30 wasn't the highest denomination in the end. Rampant inflation made it necessary to introduce new notes, up to an eighty dollar bill!
These aren't my notes, by the way, though I would like to put this series together. Wanted to feature examples with reasonably legible emblems, which is not always the case with these. Especially that lousy beaver.
Edited by philadelphian
07/05/2013 3:33 pm
07/05/2013 3:33 pm
