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File Name: 54763_first_money
Description: In 1690, The Massachusetts Bay Colony issued the first paper money in the colonies, called Colonial Notes, which would later form the United States.
Source: Benson Lossing Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1912) 1: Bills of credit
Keywords: American colony, money, currency, shilling, first paper money

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