Others may have more pertinent info but following is something I had fun 
researching and writing about several years ago.  Scroll down halfway to 
view highly interesting info (to me) concerning the colonial monetary 
system, according to Boyd Crumrine, a noted history author of the late 
1800's in Southwestern Pennsylvania:

http://www.mcn.org/2/noel/Westmoreland/McDonaldTaxLists.htm

Regards,
Neil McDonald

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> From: Virginia Jenkins [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Wednesday, February 07, 2007 10:29 AM
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>
> The Dorchester County Historical Society is preparing an exhibit on
> wheat growing on the Eastern Shore.  I understand that this area was
> known as the 'Breadbasket of the American Revolution' and that both
> British and Colonial agents purchased supplies for both sides of the
> conflict.  We have a replica of colonial Maryland currency.  Would it be
> appropriate to display Delaware, Pennsylvania, and/or New Jersey
> currency as well?  Would all of these bills have been legal tender and
> circulating in this area at the time?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Virginia Jenkins
> Cambridge, MD
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