Object Status:
Unlocated
Accession Date:
Aug 28, 1822
Primary Source Reference:
Peale Museum Accessions Book, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, p. 121
Notes:
"In early 1773, Virginia decided to recall immediately the paper money issues of 1769 and 1771 and replace them with a brand-new issue of paper notes. These new notes really were just promissory notes that the Virginia government pledged to pay off in 1775." Thomas E. Davidson, "'Death to Counterfeit': Colonial Virginia Paper Money" / https://www.historyisfun.org/exhibitions/collections-and-exhibitions/yo…
See also Wikipedia, s.v. "Virginia Pound"; and Eric P. Newman, The Early Paper Money of America, 5th ed. (Iola, Wisc., 2008), p. 443.
