New Jersey pound
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new-jersey-pound-271-12159033
title:
New Jersey pound
text:
The pound was the currency of New Jersey until 1793. Initially, sterling coin and some foreign currencies circulated, supplemented from 1709 by local paper money. Although the notes were denominated in £sd, they were worth less than sterling. A proclamation of Queen Anne, issued in 1704 and legislated by parliament in 1707, standardized the value of all colonial currencies at 6 colonial shillings to a full weight Spanish dollar, which was in turn equivalent to 4s.6d. sterling. This made a coloni
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description:
Currency of New Jersey until 1793
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Jersey_pound
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date modified:
2023-02-20T00:01:27Z
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