Fifty Dollars.
Printed by H. A. L. L. and S. E. L.
1778.
Upon the other side was a pyramid in a double circle, surmounted by the legend:
Perennis.
And it was further decorated with the following:
"No. 16780 Fifty Dollars. This Bill entitles the Bearer to receive Fifty Spanish milled dollars or the value thereof in Gold or Silver, according to the Resolution passed by Congress at Philadelphia, September 26th, 1788.
"J. Watkins; I. K."
And we had several dozen of these of equal or less denomination.
"Goodness," exclaimed Elsin, "was my guinea worth all these dollars? And do you suppose that we could buy anything with these paper bills?"
"Certainly," I said, loyal to my country's currency; "they're just as good as silver shillings—if you only have enough of them."
"But what use will they be to me in Canada?"