1/2 Dollar, Continental Congress 1776
date: label: date made
content: 1776
label: date on object
content: 1776-02-17
label: associated date
content: 1776
name: label: designer
content: Franklin, Benjamin
label: associated organization
content: Continental Congress
label: maker
content: Continental Congress
label: maker
content: Hall & Sellers
notes: label: Description
content: During the Revolutionary period, American money often contained messages about unity that were intended to illustrate colonial solidarity against the British crown. The reverse of this Pennsylvania note from 1776 features an image of thirteen interlocking rings with the message “WE ARE ONE” in the middle. The names of the each of the colonies are printed on the rings and the words “AMERICAN CONGRESS” reflect the growing political unity of period.
place: label: place made
content: United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
label: associated place
content: United States
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content: Work and Industry: National Numismatic Collection
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content: NNC Colonial Currency
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content: NNC Continental Currency
label: Exhibition
content: Value of Money
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Library of Congress
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: NU.NU75539.1
label: catalog number
content: NU75539.1
label: accession number
content: 248278
label: serial number
content: 341400
objectType: label: Object Name
content: note
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 7.95 cm x 6.15 cm x .01 cm; 3 1/8 in x 2 13/32 in x in