Statements (24)
Predicate | Object |
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gptkbp:instanceOf |
currency
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gptkbp:adjacentTo |
establishment of a national bank
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gptkbp:circulation |
1781
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gptkbp:currency |
gptkb:Continental_dollar_sign_($)
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gptkbp:denomination |
paper money
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gptkbp:design |
gptkb:Robert_Morris
various designs |
gptkbp:firstAwarded |
1775
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gptkbp:hasPriorityDate |
inflation
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gptkbp:historicalSignificance |
symbol_of_American_independence
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Continental Currency
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gptkbp:influencedBy |
gptkb:French_assignats
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gptkbp:isExpectedTo |
land and assets
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gptkbp:issuedBy |
gptkb:British_forces
gptkb:Continental_Congress |
gptkbp:legalStatus |
not recognized after 1781
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gptkbp:notableFigures |
gptkb:Benjamin_Franklin
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gptkbp:notableFor |
being the first paper currency issued by the U.S.
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gptkbp:originalPurpose |
to_fund_the_Continental_Army
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gptkbp:replacedBy |
gptkb:U.S._dollar
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gptkbp:totalGoals |
approximately $241 million
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gptkbp:type |
fiat money
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gptkbp:usedFor |
financing_the_Revolutionary_War
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gptkbp:usedIn |
gptkb:American_Revolutionary_War
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