Revolutionary Era Currency      

Exhibit: To See My Country Free

Revolutionary Era Currency (Two Shillings, Four Dollars, Three Dollars, Counterfeit Eight Dollar Note, Twenty Dollars, and Fifty Dollars)

1775 ~ 1779
Groton History Center Collection

These slips of linen paper represent the currency used to build a nation, and pay debts that only the fight for liberty could sow. The two shilling note on the top left corner of the frame is a remnant of currency under the reign of King George III, while the other pieces were printed during the Revolution to fund independence.Groton used the English system of
currency (pounds, shillings, farthings, etc.) through 1778.

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