1776 United States 8 Dollar Note Value

Documented from 12 documented examples, the United States 8 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 8 Dollar Note specifications

Series
United States Paper Money
Denomination
United States 8 Dollar Note
Year
1776
Material
Paper

1776 United States 8 Dollar Note inscriptions & design

Obverse

EIGHT SPANISH \ MILLED DOLLARS, \ or their Value in GOLD \ or SILVER, to be given in \ EXCHANGE for this Bill \ at the TREASURY of \ VIRGINIA, pursuant to \ ACT of ASSEMBLY \ passed Oct. 7, 1776. / EIGHT \ DOLLARS [x3] / VIII DOL. / VIRGINIA / SIX SEMPER \ TYRANNUS

Virtue trampling George III

Reverse

Nature print, henebit and two buttercup leaves

Measured 1776 United States 8 Dollar Note specimens

12 physically measured 1776 United States 8 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 8 Dollar Note specimens
SpecimenWeightDiameterDie axisReferences
1776 United States 8 Dollar Note #1---Friedberg.VA-109
1776 United States 8 Dollar Note #2---Friedberg.GA-82
1776 United States 8 Dollar Note #3--3 hFriedberg.CC-30
1776 United States 8 Dollar Note #4---Friedberg.NC-165a
1776 United States 8 Dollar Note #5--3 hFriedberg.CC-30
1776 United States 8 Dollar Note #6--3 hFriedberg.CC-38
1776 United States 8 Dollar Note #7--3 hFriedberg.CC-38
1776 United States 8 Dollar Note #8--3 hFriedberg.CC-38
1776 United States 8 Dollar Note #9--3 hFriedberg.CC-45
1776 United States 8 Dollar Note #10--3 hFriedberg.CC-45
1776 United States 8 Dollar Note #11--3 hFriedberg.CC-45
1776 United States 8 Dollar Note #12--3 hFriedberg.CC-45

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