1778 United States 1/4 Dollar Note Value

Documented from a documented example, the United States 1/4 Dollar Note is a 1778 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.

1778 United States 1/4 Dollar Note specifications

Series
United States Paper Money
Denomination
United States 1/4 Dollar Note
Year
1778
Material
Paper

1778 United States 1/4 Dollar Note inscriptions & design

Obverse

North Carolina Currency / [ONE] FOUR[TH OF A] DOLLAR / State of North Carolina. / THIS BILL intitles the Bearer to receive ONE \ FOUR[TH of a] Spanish mill'd DOLLAR, or \ the Value thereof in Gold or Silver, agreeable to \ an Act of Assembly passed at Hillsborough the \ 8th Day of August, 1778. / ONE FOURTH OF A DOLLAR / [One Four[th of a Do]llar / Independence

Decorative borders

Reverse

Measured 1778 United States 1/4 Dollar Note specimens

1 physically measured 1778 United States 1/4 Dollar Note example in our reference database. Real measured weights and die axes let you authenticate a coin against the g, mm minting standard.

Measured 1778 United States 1/4 Dollar Note specimens
SpecimenWeightDiameterDie axisReferences
1778 United States 1/4 Dollar Note #1---Friedberg.NC-171

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