Early American currency
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early-american-currency-174-9148762
title:
Early American currency
text:
Early American currency went through several stages of development during the colonial and post-Revolutionary history of the United States. John Hull was authorized by the Massachusetts legislature to make the earliest coinage of the colony in 1652. Because few coins were minted in the Thirteen Colonies, which later became the United Colonies and then the United States, foreign coins like the Spanish dollar were widely circulated. Colonial governments, at times, issued paper money to facilitate
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description:
Money in the English/British American colonies and the pre-1789 United States
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early_American_currency
date created:
2005-11-19T01:24:17Z
date modified:
2024-09-02T18:13:55Z
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