Currency
- Object Name:
- Currency
- Object ID:
- 2012.500.018
- Creator:
- Dummer, Jeremiah
- Place of Origin:
- Portsmouth, NH
- Date:
- 1729
- Description:
- Currency. Bank Note. Engraving, printed on paper. Obverse: "No ( ) Twenty five Shillings / This Indented Bill of Twenty five / Shillings Due from the Province of New / Hamp in New England, to ye Possessor there= / of, Shall be in Value equal to Money: And / Shall be accordingly accepted by ye Treasurer, / and Receivers subordinate to him; in all Publick / Payments : for any stock at any time in ye Treasury. / Portsmo: the Twentyeth of May Anno: 1717 / By Order of the Generall Assembly" printed; "1714 / 1717 / 1722 / 1724 / Comtee= / 1725 / 1726 / 1727 / 1729" printed right; "324" written in ink top; "counterfeit: written in ink top left and right, bottom left and right; Theod Atkinson, Josh Peirce, R Wibird's signatures bottom; British Arms lower left; double-headed bird lower right; interwoven lines top border. Reverse: GR monogram in normal and mirror image combined; tree bottom; flower top.
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-5.3 W-4.2 inches
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Collection
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