1780 United States 250 Dollar Note Value

This 1780 note, the United States 250 Dollar Note, is documented below from 2 documented examples: its inscriptions, design and physical details. As a collectible note, its worth is driven by survival, condition and demand, not bullion.

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1780 United States 250 Dollar Note specifications

Series
United States Paper Money
Denomination
United States 250 Dollar Note
Year
1780
Material
Paper

1780 United States 250 Dollar Note inscriptions & design

Obverse

NORTH CAROLINA CURRENCY. / Two Hundred and Fifty \ DOLLARS. No / STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA. / THIS Bill intitles the Bearer to receive two \ hundred & fifty Spanish milled Dollars, or the \ Value thereof in Gold or Silver, agreeable to an \ Act of Assembly passed at NEWBERN the 10th \ Day of May, 1780. / Death to Counterfeit. / 250 DOLLARS. / Quærenda Pecunia \ primum est.

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Reverse

CCL Dollars. / Printed by JAMES DAVIS, \ 1780.

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Measured 1780 United States 250 Dollar Note specimens

2 physically measured 1780 United States 250 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 1780 United States 250 Dollar Note specimens
SpecimenWeightDiameterDie axisReferences
1780 United States 250 Dollar Note #1--9 hFriedberg.NC-195
1780 United States 250 Dollar Note #2--9 hFriedberg.NC-195

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