1781 United States 1500 Dollar Note Value

Documented from a documented example, the United States 1500 Dollar Note is a 1781 collectible note. The description, inscriptions and specifications below are drawn from museum specimens; market value rests on rarity and condition.

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1781 United States 1500 Dollar Note specifications

Series
United States Paper Money
Denomination
United States 1500 Dollar Note
Year
1781
Material
Paper

1781 United States 1500 Dollar Note inscriptions & design

Obverse

Fifteen Hundred Dollars. / THIS Bill of FIFTEEN HUNDRED \ DOLLARS shall be exchanged and redeemed \ in Spanish Milled Dollars, or the value thereof \ in Gold or Silver, at the rate of One for Forty, at the Trea- \ sury of Virginia, on or before the thirtieth day of December, \ 1794, according to an Act of Assembly passed the seventh \ day of May, 1781. \ Four Hundred & Fifty Pounds. / TO \ COUN \ TER \ FEIT \ IS \ DEA \ TH / 450l. / £.450 / VIRGINIA MONEY / FIFTEEN \ HUNDRED \ CUR \ RENT \ DOL \ LARS \ VIR \ GINIA / 450 P o u n d s. / PRINTED by JOHN DUNLAP.

Decorative borders

Reverse

Measured 1781 United States 1500 Dollar Note specimens

1 physically measured 1781 United States 1500 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 1781 United States 1500 Dollar Note specimens
SpecimenWeightDiameterDie axisReferences
1781 United States 1500 Dollar Note #1---Friedberg.VA-224

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