Currency

Object Name:

Currency

Object ID:

2002.031.02

Creator:

American Bank Note Company

Place of Origin:

Concord, NH

Date:

1865

Description:

Currency. Bank Note. Engraving, printed on paper. Obverse: "THE First National Bank OF / STATE OF / NEW HAMPSHIRE / CONCORD / Will Pay / on demand to Bearer / ONE DOLLAR / Concord, N.H. Jan y. 2nd 1865. B / Cash. Pres. / NATIONAL CURRENCY / American Bank Note Co. N.Y." printed; "THIS NOTE IS / SECURED BY BONDS OF THE / UNITED STATES / DEPOSITED WITH THE U.S. TREASURY. AT / WASHINGTON / Register of the Treasury. Treasurer of the United States." printed left side vertically; "D870516" printed red ink left side; "2737" printed red ink top right; "318" printed red ink top right and left; treasury seal printed red ink right side; "1" printed in decorative oval right side; "ONE" printed top corners; "1 ONE 1 NATIONAL CURRENCY" repeated printed around border; signatures of S. B Colby and FE Spinner left; center two allegorical females shaking hands, flame on column, eagle pendant on column. "W. F. Thayer" signature, "Cashr." "A. C. Pierce" signature, "Prest."; Reverse: center scene landing of Pilgrims, distant ship, women children men stand atop rock, men tie down row boat, tree branch in foreground; left reads: "THIS NOTE IS RECEIVABLE AT PAR IN ALL PARTS OF THE UNITED / STATES, IN PAYMENT OF ALL TAXES AND EXCISES AND ALL / OTHER DUES TO THE UNITED STATES, EXCEPT DUTIES / ON IMPORTS, AND ALSO FOR ALL SALARIES AND OTHER DEBTS / AND DEMANDS OWING BY THE UNITED STATES TO INDIVID- / UALS, CORPORATIONS AND ASSOCIATIONS WITHIN THE / UNITED STATES, EXCEPT INTEREST OF PUBLIC DEBT." printed; right reads: "COUNTERFEITING OR ALTERING THIS NOTE, OR PASSING / ANY COUNTERFEIT OR ALTERATION OF IT, OR HAVING IN / POSSESSION ANY FALSE OR COUNTERFEIT PLATE OR IM- / PRESSION OF IT, OR ANY PAPER MADE IN IMITATION OF THE / PAPER ON WHICH IT IS PRINTED, IS FELONY, AND IS PUN- / ISHABLE BY ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS FINE OR FIFTEEN / YEARS IMPRISONMENT AT HARD LABOR OR BOTH." printed; shipbuilding scene in oval left side "NEW HAMPSHIRE" printed above, "ONE" printed above and below; eagle, flag in oval right side, "ONE": printed above and below; design in green ink.

Material:

Paper

Dimensions:

H-3.1 W-6.9 inches

Credit Line:

Gift of Citizens Bank

People:

Spinner, Francis E. (1802-1890), Colby, Stoddard B., Thayer, William Fiske, Pierce, Augustine C. (1801-1883)

Subjects:

Banking, Bank notes, Pilgrims, Boat, New Hampshire, Eagle, Shipbuilding