Delaware pound

The pound was the currency of Delaware until 1793. Initially, sterling coin circulated along with foreign currencies.^[1][2] This was supplemented by local paper money from 1723.^[3] Although the local currency was denominated in £sd, it was worth less than sterling, with 1 Delaware shilling = 9 pence sterling.

A twenty-shilling Delaware banknote issued in 1776.

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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