Deutsches Museum:

Quoting a letter dated January 1st, 1777, from a camp next to Fort Knyphausen, pp. 171, second paragraph:

"Herewith I add for you - as compensation for the postal charges - a piece of paper money. In Philadelphia and all provinces, which are not occupied by us, it is worth 1/2 Spanish dollar. I also own a 7-thaler-piece, on which the United American States are not mentioned."

Personal note: no idea if there was an issue of this paper money denominated "7 dollars". I haven't investigated into the source of this printing, but if it is a hand written letter, could it be that the original read "1/7", and that the writer was referring to a piece of paper money reading "one seventh of a dollar"?

Deutsche Zeitung:

It's the paragraph above the pictures (I will do my best to follow the somewhat flowery original tone of this publication):

"Look now! We reprint here two little pictures because it has been becoming a trend lately; Those who have frequent contact with the colonies may find it a useful curiosity. They represent the two sides of a piece of paper money which is now circulating in America, which is worth about 21 kreutzer in our money. The number 73387 and the signature are written in red ink, everything else is printed the way you see it here. You will realize that the pieces are not really easy to copy, and since you do not need a balance for this kind of money, this is twice as important to make falsification difficult."

Erik Goldstein, Senior Curator of Mechanical Arts & Numismatics atThe Colonial Williamsburg Foundation writes:

Erik adds:

Julia Casey writes:

To read the earlier E-Sylum article, see:
1777 GERMAN ILLUSTRATIONS OF COLONIAL PAPER(https://www.coinbooks.org/v24/esylum_v24n12a11.html)