1778 United States Issue Note Value

Documented from a documented example, the United States Issue 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 Issue Note specifications

Series
United States Paper Money
Denomination
United States Issue Note
Year
1778
Material
Paper

1778 United States Issue Note inscriptions & design

Obverse

17 \ 78 / MASSACHUSETTS STATE / Octor, 16 / TWELVE PENCE. / This Bill entitles the Bearer \ to receive One Shilling \ out of the Treasury of this State \ by the 18 of Octor. 1784 And shall \ be received for that sum in \ all payments Agreeable \ to an Act of said STATE / {Committee / 12d [x4] / ONE \ SHIL \ LING [x2]

Codfish and pillars

Reverse

TWELVE PENCE. / BOSTON, October 1778.

Pine tree

Measured 1778 United States Issue Note specimens

1 physically measured 1778 United States Issue 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 Issue Note specimens
SpecimenWeightDiameterDie axisReferences
1778 United States Issue Note #1--12 hFriedberg.MA-260

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