Delaware pound

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The pound was the currency of Delaware until 1793. Initially, sterling coin circulated along with foreign currencies.{{Cite book |last=Eric P. Newman |url=https://archive.org/details/earlypapermoneyo2008eric/mode/2up?q=delaware |title=The Early Paper Money of America |date=2008 |publisher=Krause Publications |others=Washington University Libraries}}{{Cite web |title=The buck starts here: Early paper money from British Colonial America in the British Library |url=https://blogs.bl.uk/americas/2017/04/early-paper-money-from-british-colonial-america-in-the-british-library.html |access-date=2025-05-06 |website=blogs.bl.uk |language=en}} This was supplemented by local paper money from 1723.{{Cite web |last=Howard |first=Emma |date=2021-04-14 |title=The Early Paper Money Of Colonial America |url=https://insider.spink.com/2021/04/14/the-early-paper-money-of-colonial-america/ |access-date=2025-05-06 |website=INSIDER |language=en-GB}} Although the local currency was denominated in £sd, it was worth less than sterling, with 1 Delaware shilling = 9 pence sterling.

The State of Delaware issued Continental currency denominated in £sd and Spanish dollars, with the dollar equal to 7 shillings and 6 pence. The Continental currency was replaced by the U.S. dollar at the rate of 1000 continental dollars = 1 U.S. dollar.

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