Currency
- Object Name:
- Currency
- Object ID:
- 2012.500.009
- Creator:
- Forbes Lithograph Manufacturing Company
- Place of Origin:
- Portsmouth, NH
- Date:
- 1862
- Description:
- Currency. Bank Note. Engraving, printed on paper. Obverse: "PORTSMOUTH, N.H. / 186_ / GOOD FOR TWENTY FIVE C.T.S. / Payable in Current Bankbills / in sums of one Dollar upwards / No." printed; NH state seal in oval left, "JONES MENDUM." printed above, "HENRY F. GERRISH." printed below; "25" in circle printed vertically, decorative circles on both sides, "GEO.I.TREADWELL." printed above; "JOHN H. BAILEY." printed below; "July 26 2" written in ink top; "1 842 899" written in ink left; signature bottom; "LITH WH FORBES (?)53 WASHINGTON ST. BOSTON." printed bottom left.
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-1.9 W-4.2 inches
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Collection
- People:
- Forbes, William H.
- Subjects:
- Banking, Bank notes, Shipbuilding
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