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FIRST PAPER CURRENCY WAS AUTHORIZED

TDIH: February 3, 1690, The colony of Massachusetts issues the first paper money in the Americas. Illustration: Fifty-five-dollar bill in Continental currency; leaf design by Benjamin Franklin, 1779. : r/ThisDayInHistory


On December 10, 1690, a failed attack on Quebec and subsequent
near-mutiny force the Massachusetts Bay Colony to issue the
first paper currency in the history of the Western Hemisphere.

The Early Paper Money Of Colonial America - INSIDER

The Founding of the United States - On This Day in History > December 10, 1690: First paper currency is issued in the Colonies "On December 10, 1690, a failed attack on

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