Currency
- Object Name:
- Currency
- Object ID:
- 1959.095.01
- Creator:
- Rawdon, Wright, Hatch & Edson; New England Bank Note Company
Engraver - Place of Origin:
- New York City, NY/Boston, MA
- Date:
- 1860
- Description:
- Currency. Bank Note. Engraving, printed on paper. Obverse: "STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE / A No. / The WHITE MOUNTAIN BANK ON DEMAND / Will pay FIVE DOLLARS to Bearer / LANCASTER, May 1st 18_ / Rawden, Wright, Hatch & Edson, New-York Cash New England Bank Note Co. Boston. Pres" printed; "662" written in ink upper right; "60" written in ink lower right; signature of "Jared W Williams" "Prest." written in ink bottom left; signature of "Geo. C. Williams" "Cashr." bottom left; figure five upper right and lower left corners; center female seated resting arm on shield, two sheaves, ship, lighthouse; lower right corner Governor Jared W. Williams' portrait in vertical oval; upper left seated female feeding eagle; "FIVE" printed in red ink on lower half.
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-2.9 W-7.1 inches
- Credit Line:
- Gift of James Dana Hutchinson
- Subjects:
- Banking, Bank notes, Eagle, Sheaves, Ships, Lighthouses
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