Currency
- Object Name:
- Currency
- Object ID:
- 1995.105.07
- Creator:
- Reed, Abner (1771-1866)
- Place of Origin:
- Concord, NH
- Date:
- 1820
- Description:
- Currency. Bank note. Engraving, printed on paper. Obverse: "FIVE / The President Directors & Co / of The CONCORD BANK Promise to pay / _ or bearer Five Dollars on demand. / No. Concord 18_ / Cash. Pres. / Reed" printed; "Five Five V Dollars Five" printed in long oval left side; "5 NEW HAMPSHIRE 5" printed in long rectangle right side; "V" in decorative oval bottom; "5" in decorative ovals top; center, steamboat drawing small boat, horses drawing wagon, village with church; "R Rush" written in ink left; "307" and "July 1 20" written in ink center; "W A Kent" signature "Cashr." bottom left; "Thos W. Thompson" signature "Prest" bottom right.
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-2.8 W-6.7 inches
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Eleanor H. Stark
- Subjects:
- Banking, Bank notes, Steamboats, Horses, Churches, Rivers, Boats
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