1780 United States 55 Dollar Note Value

A 1780 United States 55 Dollar Note. We catalogue this note from a documented example, recording its engraved design and specifications. Collector value reflects rarity and condition; these pieces carry no melt value.

Public domain image (struck or printed before 1926). Click to enlarge.

1780 United States 55 Dollar Note specifications

Series
United States Paper Money
Denomination
United States 55 Dollar Note
Year
1780
Material
Paper

1780 United States 55 Dollar Note inscriptions & design

Obverse

FIFTY FIVE DOLLARS / THIS Bill of FIFTY FIVE DOLLARS \ shall be exchanged and redeemed in Spanish Milled \ Dollars, or the Value in Gold or Silver, at the Rate of One for \ Forty, at the Treasury of Virginia, on or be- \ fore the last Day of December, in the Year 1784, according \ to an Act passed the Fourteenth Day of July, One \ Thousand Seven Hundred and Eighty. / Virginia Currency. / £16 10s.) r.f.

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Reverse

FIFTY FIVE DOLLARS. / SIXTEEN POUNDS TEN SHILL.

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Measured 1780 United States 55 Dollar Note specimens

1 physically measured 1780 United States 55 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 1780 United States 55 Dollar Note specimens
SpecimenWeightDiameterDie axisReferences
1780 United States 55 Dollar Note #1--9 hFriedberg.VA-187

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