Abstract
In a recent article in the Economic History Review, Celia and Grubb liken colonial Maryland’s dollar-denominated bills of credit to discount securities, circulating at less than their face value. This note argues that the bills in question circulated at par with specie and were treated as interchangeable with specie dollars. Celia and Grubb arrive at their conclusion by misstating the par of exchange.
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