1776 continental currency dollar
The 1776 Continental Currency dollars are among the most important and historically interesting issues in all of American numismatics. They have a distinctively American character, as our first dollar coin, although not denominated as such. They were struck at a crucial time in our nation's history.ric P. Newman identified Elisha Gallaudet as the engraver of the dies in his article The Continental Dollar of 1776 Meets its Maker, reproduced in this catalog. Gallaudet also engraved the plates for printing the City of New York waterworks notes and the February 17, 1776 Continental Currency one-sixth dollar notes.