Continental dollar
noun
1
: a one-dollar currency note issued by the Continental Congress during the American Revolution
2
: one of a series of early American pattern dollar-size coins struck in England in pewter, silver, and brass and bearing on the obverse the legend "Continental Currency" and the date 1776
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“Continental dollar.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Continental%20dollar. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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