The continental dollar : how the American revolution was financed with paper money /: how the American revolution was financed with paper money. (2023)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Farley Grubb.
• Authors: Grubb, Farley Ward, 1954-
• Contents: List of Tables List of Figures A Note on Citation Format Preface Introduction Part I What Was the Continental Dollar? The Intended Structural Design Chapter 1 Emitting Continental Dollars Chapter 2 Richard Smith and New Jersey's Influence Chapter 3 Denominational Spacing and Value Size Chapter 4 Informing the Public Chapter 5 Descriptions by Contemporary Leaders Chapter 6 Congressional Spending Chapter 7 Legal Tender Chapter 8 Loan Office Certificates Part II Value and Performance Chapter 9 Modeling Value Chapter 10 Rational Bond Pricing Chapter 11 The Current Market Exchange Value Chapter 12 Time-Discounting versus Depreciation Chapter 13 1779: The Turning Point Chapter 14 1780–1781: The Road to Abandonment Part III Epilogue Chapter 15 State Redemption of Continental Dollars Chapter 16 The 1790 Funding Act and Final Default on the Continental Dollar Chapter 17 The Constitutional Transformation of the US Monetary System Acknowledgments Appendices Getting the Numbers Right Appendix A Reconciling the Disparate Statements in the Secondary Literature Regarding Continental Dollar Emissions Appendix B The Denominational Structure of American Paper Monies, 1755–1781 Appendix C The Cumulative Value of Continental Dollars Emitted, 1775–1780: Face Value versus Present Value Appendix D The Redemption of Continental Dollars by Individual States over Time Notes References Index.
• Publisher Details: Chicago : The University of Chicago Press
• Publication Date: 2023
• Extent: 1 online resource (296 pages), illustrations (black and white)
• Subjects: 332.4/973; Dollar -- History; Monetary policy -- United States; HISTORY / United States / General; Dollar; Finance; Monetary policy; United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Finance; United States; History; History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780226826042
• Related ISBNs: 022682604X; 9780226826035; 0226826031
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on print version record.
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