1/6 Dollar, Continental Congress, 1776
date: label: date made
content: 1776
label: date on object
content: 1776-02-17
name: 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. The image of thirteen interlocking rings on Continental money was intended to illustrate the solidarity of the thirteen colonies against the British crown.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
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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
publisher: label: Related Publication
content: Feingold, Ellen R.. Value of Money, The
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Stack's
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: NU.69.217.7
label: catalog number
content: 69.217.7
label: accession number
content: 287114
label: serial number
content: 460887
objectType: label: Object Name
content: paper currency
label: Object Name
content: note
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 8 cm x 6.2 cm x .01 cm; 3 5/32 in x 2 7/16 in x in