1776 United States 18 Pence Note Value

The United States 18 Pence Note is a collectible note from 1776, catalogued here from 12 documented examples with its full design description and specifications. Value depends on condition, rarity and collector demand rather than metal content.

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

1776 United States 18 Pence Note specifications

Series
United States Paper Money
Denomination
United States 18 Pence Note
Year
1776
Material
Paper

1776 United States 18 Pence Note inscriptions & design

Obverse

EIGHTEEN PENCE. / THIS Indent- \ BILL shall pass \ current for EIGH- \ TEEN PENCE, \ according to an Act of \ General Assembly of \ the Counties of \ Newcastle, Kent and Sussex, upon \ Delaware, passed in the 15th Year of \ the Reign of \ His Majesty \ George the \ IIId. Dated \ the First Day \ of January, \ 1776. / Eighteen Pence / XVIII / EIGHTEEN PENCE. [x3] / ONE-SHILL. and SIX PENCE. 1/6

Delaware Coat of Arms

Reverse

EIGHTEEN PENCE. / To Counterfeit is Death. / Printed by JAMES ADAMS, 1776.

Wheat sheaf

Measured 1776 United States 18 Pence Note specimens

12 physically measured 1776 United States 18 Pence 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 18 Pence Note specimens
SpecimenWeightDiameterDie axisReferences
1776 United States 18 Pence Note #1--12 hFriedberg.DE-74
1776 United States 18 Pence Note #2--12 hFriedberg.DE-74
1776 United States 18 Pence Note #3--3 hFriedberg.NJ-176
1776 United States 18 Pence Note #4--3 hFriedberg.NJ-176
1776 United States 18 Pence Note #5--3 hFriedberg.NJ-176
1776 United States 18 Pence Note #6--3 hFriedberg.NJ-176
1776 United States 18 Pence Note #7--3 hFriedberg.NJ-176
1776 United States 18 Pence Note #8--3 hFriedberg.NJ-176
1776 United States 18 Pence Note #9--3 hFriedberg.NJ-176
1776 United States 18 Pence Note #10--3 hFriedberg.NJ-176
1776 United States 18 Pence Note #11--3 hFriedberg.NJ-176
1776 United States 18 Pence Note #12--3 hFriedberg.NJ-176

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