Colonial Currency FR NY-186 Mar. 5, 1776 Paper Money Paper Money US

  

Cash in the Colonies was denominated in pounds, shillings, and pence. The value of each denomination varied from Colony to Colony; a Massachusetts pound, for example, was not equivalent to a Pennsylvania pound. All colonial pounds were of less value than the British pound sterling.

The coins in circulation during the Colonial Era were, most often, of Spanish and Portuguese origin.