Evidence coverage: 1720–1794. This is the span of collected observations, not the currency’s lifetime.
This record includes associated currencies and earlier interpretations. The article selects the evidence relevant to its own history.
Pennsylvania pounds, shillings and pence in rewards, contracts and bookkeeping, independent of payment medium.
No distinct predecessor currency is established in the loaded view.
No distinct successor currency is established in the loaded view.
Reproduced notices promise rewards in pounds and shillings before the first provincial paper issue.
Sources and qualifications →Original scholarship reports 1,687 contract transactions denominated in local pounds, shillings and pence.
Sources and qualifications →Two hundred servant contracts were registered in pounds; paper-money stock is a separate question.
Sources and qualifications →Dated evidence, not exact birth or extinction dates.
Reproduced notices promise rewards in pounds and shillings before the first provincial paper issue.
C1365Original scholarship reports 1,687 contract transactions denominated in local pounds, shillings and pence.
C1366Two hundred servant contracts were registered in pounds; paper-money stock is a separate question.
C1367Dated observations, not a proven complete lifespan. Do not create nodes for paper emissions or infer termination at 1723,1776 or1793. Founding and complete lifespan remain unresolved.
Reproduced notices promise rewards in pounds and shillings before the first provincial paper issue.
Printedpp 7–11, especiallyfig 1(1720 ads), pp 8–10(account interpretation), p 9(1794 contracts)
Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.
Original scholarship reports 1,687 contract transactions denominated in local pounds, shillings and pence.
Printedpp 7–11, especiallyfig 1(1720 ads), pp 8–10(account interpretation), p 9(1794 contracts)
Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.
Two hundred servant contracts were registered in pounds; paper-money stock is a separate question.
Printedpp 7–11, especiallyfig 1(1720 ads), pp 8–10(account interpretation), p 9(1794 contracts)
Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.