1778 United States 10 Dollar Note Value

The United States 10 Dollar Note is a collectible note from 1778, catalogued here from 5 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.

1778 United States 10 Dollar Note specifications

Series
United States Paper Money
Denomination
United States 10 Dollar Note
Year
1778
Material
Paper

1778 United States 10 Dollar Note inscriptions & design

Obverse

TEN 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 an \ ACT of ASSEMBLY \ passed May the 4th, 1778. / TEN \ DOLLARS [x4] / TEN DOLLARS / SIC SEMPER \ TYRANNIS

Virtue trampling George III

Reverse

Decorative borders

Measured 1778 United States 10 Dollar Note specimens

5 physically measured 1778 United States 10 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 1778 United States 10 Dollar Note specimens
SpecimenWeightDiameterDie axisReferences
1778 United States 10 Dollar Note #1---Friedberg.VA-150b
1778 United States 10 Dollar Note #2--9 hFriedberg.NC-177b
1778 United States 10 Dollar Note #3--9 hFriedberg.NC-177b
1778 United States 10 Dollar Note #4---Friedberg.NC-177b
1778 United States 10 Dollar Note #5--9 hFriedberg.NC-177c

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