1776 United States 1/6 Dollar Note Value

Documented from 6 documented examples, the United States 1/6 Dollar Note is a 1776 collectible note. The description, inscriptions and specifications below are drawn from museum specimens; market value rests on rarity and condition.

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

1776 United States 1/6 Dollar Note specifications

Series
United States Paper Money
Denomination
United States 1/6 Dollar Note
Year
1776
Material
Paper

1776 United States 1/6 Dollar Note inscriptions & design

Obverse

ONE SIXTH OF A \ DOLLAR, \ According \ to a Resolu- \ tion of CON- \ GRESS, pas- \ sed at Phi- \ ladelphia, February 17, 1776. \ ONE SIXTH. [x2] / C / One Sixth of a DOLLAR [x2] / CONTINENTAL \ CUR \ REN \ CEY / 1 sixth \ of a \ DOLL \ CURRENCEY / FUGIO \ MIND YOUR \ BUSINESS

Sundial

Reverse

One Sixth of a DOLLAR. / Printed by Hall & Sellers, \ in Philadelphia. 1776. / AMERICAN CONGRESS \ WE \ ARE \ ONE / N.HAMPS \ MASSACHS. \ CONNECTT. \ R. ISLAND \ N. YORK \ N. JERSEY \ PENNSILV \ DELAWARE \ MARYLAND \ VIRGINIA \ N. CAROLA \ S. CAROLA \ GEORGIA.

Chain with 13 links

Measured 1776 United States 1/6 Dollar Note specimens

6 physically measured 1776 United States 1/6 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 1776 United States 1/6 Dollar Note specimens
SpecimenWeightDiameterDie axisReferences
1776 United States 1/6 Dollar Note #1--12 hFriedberg.CC-19
1776 United States 1/6 Dollar Note #2--12 hFriedberg.CC-19
1776 United States 1/6 Dollar Note #3--12 hFriedberg.CC-19
1776 United States 1/6 Dollar Note #4--12 hFriedberg.CC-19
1776 United States 1/6 Dollar Note #5--12 hFriedberg.CC-19
1776 United States 1/6 Dollar Note #6--12 hFriedberg.CC-19

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