This informative multi-page article details the devaluation of our nation's currency during the Revolutionary war (1776).  It was written almost a century after the Revolutionary war (in 1863) when the United States was again facing another war crises, the Civil War. 

    The author attempts to make readers aware of: what happened to continental paper money during the Revolutionary War, the paper money devaluation and inflation, and the disappearance of hard money (gold and silver).  By reviewing the historical facts of how continental currency became worthless, the reader can come to the same conclusion: "caution should be used when printing (un-backed) paper money". 

    Page 3 of the article shows how much (unbacked) paper money was produced during the Revolutionary War years and page 5 shows the inflation/devaluation rate.