There were no states during the Revolutionary War, there were only colonies.
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Yes. During the critical period (1783 - 1793) following the Revolutionary War and until George Washington became president, states issued their own paper money. Most of this money was nearly worthless.
British I think but not sure
why was early American currency a mixture of forms of money
To ease this hardship, some states began printing large amounts of paper money. The result was inflation. This money had or no real value, because states did not have gold or silver reserves to back it up. They could have prevented it by if the Revolutionary war had not started they wouldn't have had inflation.
The United States was in severe debt for several reasons. The biggest reason of all was because no single currency existed. Each state had their own currency and there was no way to determine which had value over which. The next problem would probably have to be the fact that it was a brand new country, meaning that even if there was a single currency how would it have held up against the pound or the franc?