1776 United States Pound Note Value

The United States Pound Note is a collectible note from 1776, catalogued here from a documented example 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 Pound Note specifications

Series
United States Paper Money
Denomination
United States Pound Note
Year
1776
Material
Paper

1776 United States Pound Note inscriptions & design

Obverse

One Pound. / GEORGIA. 1776. / THESE are to Certify, That the Sum of ONE \ POUND, is due from this Province to the \ Bearer hereof, the same being Part of TWELVE \ THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-TWO POUNDS \ NINETEEN SHILLINGS STERLING, voted by PROVINCIAL \ CONGRESS, for taking up and sinking that Sum already \ issued. / GEORGIA. / One Pound. [x2]

Decorative borders

Reverse

Measured 1776 United States Pound Note specimens

1 physically measured 1776 United States Pound Note example 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 Pound Note specimens
SpecimenWeightDiameterDie axisReferences
1776 United States Pound Note #1---Friedberg.GA-68

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