The continental dollar
Subtitle: how much was issued and what happened to it?
By: Farley Grubb
Contributors: National Bureau of Economic Research
Series: NBER working paper series -- working paper 13047; Working paper series (National Bureau of Economic Research : Online) -- working paper no. 13047.
Publisher: National Bureau of Economic Research
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Cambridge, MA
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Description: "The U.S.  Congress issued paper money called Continental Dollars to finance the American Revolution.  The story of the Continental Dollar is familiar to all -- excessive amounts were issued causing hyper-inflation.  It became worthless and was forgotten.  However, the details of this story, including its veracity, are less well known.  Scholars even disagree over how much was issued.  Evidence is gathered to establish the exact amount and time path of Continental Dollars emitted and then remitted to the U.S.  Treasury and burned.  Why some Dollars were hoarded rather than trashed between 1779 and 1790 is also documented"--National Bureau of Economic Research web site.
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