US Congress, Half a Dollar-Note, 1776
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Title
US Congress, Half a Dollar-Note, 1776
Subject
The British Museum, PM.261
Printed by: Hall & Sellers
Issuer: Continental Congress
Printed by: Hall & Sellers
Issuer: Continental Congress
Description
Paper banknote. (whole)
An image depicting interlocking rings bearing the names of US states around a haloed ring bearing inscribed with CONTINENTAL CONGRESS; below one line of text and above two lines; decorated borders; black print on white background. (reverse)
Emblem depicting a sundial on the right; eight lines of inscription above and left; one signature in black ink; decorated borders; flecks of mica and blue thread embedded in the paper; black print on white background. (obverse)
Obverse Inscription: HALF A DOLLAR ACCORDING to a Resolution of CONGRESS, passed at Phi- ladelphia, FE- BRUARY 17, 1776
Reverse Inscription
Inscription language: Latin
Inscription content: FUGIO MIND YOUR BUSINESS
Inscription note: On the emblem
An image depicting interlocking rings bearing the names of US states around a haloed ring bearing inscribed with CONTINENTAL CONGRESS; below one line of text and above two lines; decorated borders; black print on white background. (reverse)
Emblem depicting a sundial on the right; eight lines of inscription above and left; one signature in black ink; decorated borders; flecks of mica and blue thread embedded in the paper; black print on white background. (obverse)
Obverse Inscription: HALF A DOLLAR ACCORDING to a Resolution of CONGRESS, passed at Phi- ladelphia, FE- BRUARY 17, 1776
Reverse Inscription
Inscription language: Latin
Inscription content: FUGIO MIND YOUR BUSINESS
Inscription note: On the emblem
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Citation
“US Congress, Half a Dollar-Note, 1776,” HAA Image Hosting, accessed May 20, 2026, https://haaimagehosting.omeka.fas.harvard.edu/items/show/1390.
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