Currency
- Object Name:
- Currency
- Object ID:
- 2012.500.002
- Creator:
- Rawdon, Wright Hatch
- Place of Origin:
- Concord, NH
- Date:
- 1861
- Description:
- Currency. Bank Note. Engraving, printed on paper. Obverse: "STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. / No. A / THE / MERRIMACK COUNTY BANK / Will pay TOW DOLLARS to A. Walker / or bearer on demand. CONCORD 18_ / Cash. Pres. / Rawdon, Wright Hatch. Boston." printed; "TWO" printed repeated top and bottom borders; "TWO" printed red ink center; "453" written in ink left; "feb 11 61" written in ink right; e.s. Towle and other signature bottom; George Washington's portrait in oval left, "TWO" printed above and below; portrait of Indian woman with bow in decorative oval, "2" printed above; trees, river, canoes, deer in landscape center, "PENNY-COOK 1728" printed over; agricultural tools and harvest bottom.
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-2.8 W-6.8 inches
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Collection
- Subjects:
- Banking, Bank notes, Deer, Rivers, Hills, Indian woman, Agricultural equipment
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