Currency
- Object Name:
- Currency
- Object ID:
- 1959.019.01
- Creator:
- Toppan, Carpenter & Company
Engraver - Place of Origin:
- Philadelphia, PA/New York, NY/Boston, MA
- Date:
- 1844-1863
- Description:
- Currency. Bank note. Engraving, printed on paper. Obverse: "No. NEW HAMPSHIRE TOPPAN, CARPENTER & Co. A / Philad. New Yk. & Boston. / THE PISCATAQUA EXCHANGE BANK / Promises to pay to James Monroe / or Bearer ONE DOLLAR on demand / PORTSMOUTH 18 / Cash Pres" printed in script; "ONE DOLLAR" in fine print repeated running along top and bottom; "ONE" large print as background; figure one printed in four corners; portrait of seated young boy with sickle on left side; portrait of seated young girl on right side; figure of seated angel holding a figure one in center; vessel at right; ships on stock at left; small portrait of man in oval at bottom; thin border around edge.
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-3 W-7.15 inches
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Old Sturbridge Village
- Subjects:
- Banking, Bank notes, State seal (NH), Ships, Shipbuilding, Sailboats, Angels
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