1780 United States 3 Dollar Note Value
The United States 3 Dollar Note is a collectible note from 1780, catalogued here from 7 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.
1780 United States 3 Dollar Note specifications
- Series
- United States Paper Money
- Denomination
- United States 3 Dollar Note
- Year
- 1780
- Material
- Paper
1780 United States 3 Dollar Note inscriptions & design
Obverse
THREE DOLLARS. / STATE of MASSACHUSETTS-BAY. / THE Possessor of this BILL shall be paid \ THREE Spanish milled DOLLARS by the Thir- \ ty first Day of December, One Thousand Seven Hundred \ and Eighty-six, with Interest in like Money, at the Rate \ of Five per Centum per Annum, by the State of MASSA- \ CHUSETTS-BAY, according to an Act of the Legislature \ of the said State, of the Fifth Day of May, 1780. / Interest. s. d. q. \ Annually, 0 10 3 \ Monthly, 0 0 3 1/2 / Three Dollars. [x2]
Decorative borders
Reverse
The United States / Printed by HALL and SELLERS / THE UNITED STATES ensure the Payment \ of the within BILL, and will draw Bills \ of Exchange for the Interest annually, if de- \ manded, according to a Resolution of CON- \ GRESS, of the 18th of March, 1780. / THE UNITED STATES / THREE \ DOL- \ LARS / EXITUS IN DUBIO EST.
Seal
Measured 1780 United States 3 Dollar Note specimens
7 physically measured 1780 United States 3 Dollar Note examples in our reference database. Real measured weights and die axes let you authenticate a coin against the g, mm minting standard.
| Specimen | Weight | Diameter | Die axis | References |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1780 United States 3 Dollar Note #1 | - | - | 3 h | Friedberg.MA-280 |
| 1780 United States 3 Dollar Note #2 | - | - | 3 h | Friedberg.MA-280 |
| 1780 United States 3 Dollar Note #3 | - | - | 3 h | Friedberg.MA-280 |
| 1780 United States 3 Dollar Note #4 | - | - | 3 h | Friedberg.NH-181 |
| 1780 United States 3 Dollar Note #5 | - | - | 3 h | Friedberg.NJ-186 |
| 1780 United States 3 Dollar Note #6 | - | - | 3 h | Friedberg.RI-284 |
| 1780 United States 3 Dollar Note #7 | - | - | 3 h | Friedberg.RI-284 |
Specifications compiled from documented museum specimens. See our data & methodology page.