Issue of March 1, 1781

The Greysheet Catalog (GSID) of the Issue of March 1, 1781 series of Virginia Colonial Currency in the U.S. Currency contains 16 distinct entries with CPG® values between $0.20 and $1,000.00.

£10,000,000 ($30,000,000) was issued with the right to be increased to £15,000,000 in legal tender Treasury Bills redeemable by Dec. 30,1792 at $1 specie for $40 in bills. Increase made. Legal tender was terminated at the Nov. 1781 Session. Printed both on very thin laid paper and on thick laid paper by Dixon and Nicholson and by Dunlap and Hayes. Deliberate misspellings and omission of letters constitute secret marks. Signers were A. Craig, J. Hopkins, John Lyne, W. Martin, L. Patterson, H. Randolph, J. Rose, J.M. Simmons, Bolling Stark, James Turner, B. Webb, and Forster Webb. Three signers appear on all denominations.