1774 United States 4 Dollar Note Value

This 1774 note, the United States 4 Dollar Note, is documented below from 2 documented examples: 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 4 Dollar Note specifications

Series
United States Paper Money
Denomination
United States 4 Dollar Note
Year
1774
Material
Paper

1774 United States 4 Dollar Note inscriptions & design

Obverse

MARYLAND / Four Dollars. / THIS Indented BILL of \ FOUR DOLLARS, shall en= \ title the BEARER hereof to re- \ ceive 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 Ma- \ ryland. Dated in ANNAPOLIS, this 10th Day of April \ Anno Domini 1774. FOUR DOLLARS. / IV DOLLARS / CRESCITE ET MULTIPLICAMINI

Maryland Coat of Arms

Reverse

FOUR DOLLARS. / Equal to Eighteen Shillings Sterling. / Printed by A. C. and F. GREEN. / 'Tis Death to Counterfeit. \ ANNAPOLIS.

Nature print

Measured 1774 United States 4 Dollar Note specimens

2 physically measured 1774 United States 4 Dollar Note examples 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 4 Dollar Note specimens
SpecimenWeightDiameterDie axisReferences
1774 United States 4 Dollar Note #1--12 hFriedberg.MD-68
1774 United States 4 Dollar Note #2--12 hFriedberg.MD-68

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