Currency
- Object Name:
- Currency
- Object ID:
- 2004.043.269
- Creator:
- Rogers, John B. Producing Company
- Place of Origin:
- Fostoria, OH
- Date:
- 1938
- Description:
- Certificate, commemorative, "wooden nickel," souvenir of Hampton, NH, Tercentenary, 1938. Horizontal rectangle. Thin sheet of wood printed to resemble paper currency. Obverse imprinted, "ONE WOODEN NICKEL / TOWN OF HAMPTON / 1638 / 1938 / 300 YEARS / ONE WOODEN NICKEL / COPYRIGHT 1938 JOHN B. ROGERS PRODUCING CO., FOSTORIA, OHIO"; Town of Hampton seal in center; "1" in circle in top left and bottom right corners; buffalo in top right corner; and Indian head in bottom left corner. Reverse imprinted, "This wooden certificate is issued by the Town in com- / memoration of the 300th Anniversary of the founding of / Hampton, New Hampshire. It may be used in trade in any / place of business in Hampton or Hampton Beach and is / redeemable at face value in coin of the United States of / America if presented on or before August 22, 1938, at Town / Hall, Hampton, New Hampshire. / No 120061 / Edward S. Batchelder / Treasurer General Committee."
- Material:
- Wood
- Dimensions:
- H-2.25 W-4.6 inches
- Provenance:
- From collection of Dr. Dorothy M. Vaughan (1904-2004), preservationist and collector of Portsmouth, N.H., artifacts.
- Credit Line:
- Bequest of Dr. Dorothy Mansfield Vaughan
- People:
- Vaughan, Dorothy M. (1904-2004)
- Subjects:
- Wooden nickels, Buffaloes, Bison
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