Currency
- Object Name:
- Currency
- Object ID:
- 2012.500.012
- Creator:
- Perkins, Jacob (1766-1849)
- Place of Origin:
- Amherst, NH
- Date:
- 1807
- Description:
- Currency. Bank Note. Engraving, printed on paper. Obverse: "TEN DOLLARS No. / The President, Directors Company of the / HILLSBOROUGH BANK promise to pay / or bearer on demand TEN DOLLARS / AMHERST 18_ / Cash. Pres." printed; "POTIUS COHIBERE QUAM PUNIRE / NEW-HAMPSHIRE / QUID LEGES SINE MORIBUS" printed vertically left; "PATENT." printed left; "10 / B / 10" printed left and right sides; "532" written in ink top right; "C Coe" written in ink right; "March 2 07" written in ink right; D Holmes' signature bottom left; signature bottom right; alternating floral and plain garlands top and bottom borders. Reverse: multiple signatures.
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-2.6 W-6.4 inches
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Collection
- People:
- Perkins, Jacob
- Subjects:
- Banking, Bank notes
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