1778 United States 25 Dollar Note Value

The United States 25 Dollar Note is a collectible note from 1778, 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.

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1778 United States 25 Dollar Note specifications

Series
United States Paper Money
Denomination
United States 25 Dollar Note
Year
1778
Material
Paper

1778 United States 25 Dollar Note inscriptions & design

Obverse

NORTH CAROLINA CURRENCY. / TWENTY FIVE DOLLARS. / No / STATE of NORTH CAROLINA. / THIS Bill intitles the Bearer to receive Twenty \ Five Spanish mill'd Dollars, or the Value \ thereof in Gold or Silver, agreeable to an Act of \ Assembly passed at Hillsborough the 8th Day of \ August, 1778. / Death to COUNTERFEIT. / 25 Dollars. / Sic transit \ Gloria Mundi

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Reverse

XXV Dollars. / Printed by JAMES DAVIS, \ 1778.

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Measured 1778 United States 25 Dollar Note specimens

1 physically measured 1778 United States 25 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 25 Dollar Note specimens
SpecimenWeightDiameterDie axisReferences
1778 United States 25 Dollar Note #1--9 hFriedberg.NC-179

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