1774 United States 1/6 Dollar Note Value

This 1774 note, the United States 1/6 Dollar Note, is documented below from a documented example: its inscriptions, design and physical details. As a collectible note, its worth is driven by survival, condition and demand, not bullion.

Public domain image (struck or printed before 1926). Click to enlarge.

1774 United States 1/6 Dollar Note specifications

Series
United States Paper Money
Denomination
United States 1/6 Dollar Note
Year
1774
Material
Paper

1774 United States 1/6 Dollar Note inscriptions & design

Obverse

MARY- LAND / One Sixth of a Dollar. / THIS Indented BILL of One Sixth \ of a DOLLAR shall entitle the \ BEARER hereof to receive Bills of \ Exchange payable in LONDON, \ or Gold and Silver, at the Rate of Four \ Shillings and Six-pence Sterling per \ Dollar for the said Bill, according to \ the Directions of an Act of ASSEMBLY \ of Maryland. Dated in Annapolis, this 10th \ Day of April, Anno Domini M,DCC,LXXIV. / ONE \ SIXTH \ OF A \ DOLLAR. / 1 sixth of a DOLLAR. / CRESCITE ET MULTIPLICAMINI

Maryland Coat of Arms

Reverse

ONE SIXTH OF A DOLLAR. Equal to 9d. Sterling. / 'Tis DEATH to Counterfeit. Printed by A. C. and F. GREEN.

Nature print

Measured 1774 United States 1/6 Dollar Note specimens

1 physically measured 1774 United States 1/6 Dollar Note example in our reference database. Real measured weights and die axes let you authenticate a coin against the g, mm minting standard.

Measured 1774 United States 1/6 Dollar Note specimens
SpecimenWeightDiameterDie axisReferences
1774 United States 1/6 Dollar Note #1--12 hFriedberg.MD-61

Specifications compiled from documented museum specimens. See our data & methodology page.