General note: Note in manuscript: issue number "23393" in red ink and two signatures, one in brown ink, the other in red.
Subject: Continental currency. (Referred to as "Continentals").
Inscription: "EIGHT DOLLARS. THIS Bill entitles the Bearer to receive EIGHT Spanish milled DOLLARS, or the Value thereof in Gold or Silver, according to a Resolution of CONGRESS, passed at Philadelphia February 17, 1776." ; Within border cuts: "Continental Currency" and "The United Colonies". ; Within circle: “MAJORA. MINORIBUS. CONSONANT". ; Verso: "EIGHT DOLLARS. PHILADELPHIA: PRINTED BY HALL & SELLERS. 1776."
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