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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Catbert, post: 393570, member: 12718&quot;]Cheryl - I don&#039;t think the above &quot;dollar&quot; was circulated during 1776, but it certainly is a neat coin reflecting the period.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&quot;Unfortunately little is known about the important and captivating coin called the Continental Dollar. The denomination of the coin is unknown, but Newman has surmised the value to be a dollar. The first four emissions of Continental paper currency from May 10, 1775, through May 6, 1776, included a dollar bill, but the one dollar denomination was missing from the next six emissions and does not reappear until the last regular emission of Continental paper currency from January 14, 1779. It is thought that this Continental coin was meant to replace the paper dollar in these emissions. Also, the coin was made to be about the same size as the Spanish milled dollar and, like the Spanish coin, had an edge design. However who authorized or minted the coins is unknown.&quot;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&quot;Interestingly, there are no records of this coin in the actions of the Continental Congress, although other coinage concerns were recorded. On April 19, 1776 the Congress appointed a committee to determine the value of several foreign coins in relation to the Spanish dollar and on February 20, 1777 a congressional treasury committee recommended a mint be established, but nothing further was done on this matter. To date there is no evidence the Continental Currency coins were authorized or issued by the Continental Congress. Indeed, Robert Morris, the Superintendant of Finance during the Confederation period, appears not to have known of the Continental Dollars as he called his 1783 Nova Constellation patterns the first that were, &quot;struck as an American Coin.&quot; (Morris, Diary for April 2, 1783).&quot;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://www.coins.nd.edu/ColCoin/ColCoinIntros/CC-Dollar.intro.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coins.nd.edu/ColCoin/ColCoinIntros/CC-Dollar.intro.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.coins.nd.edu/ColCoin/ColCoinIntros/CC-Dollar.intro.html</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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