Currency
- Object Name:
- Currency
- Object ID:
- 2012.500.019
- Place of Origin:
- Portsmouth, NH
- Date:
- 1743
- Description:
- Currency. Bank Note. Engraving, printed on paper. Obverse: "PROVINCE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE / 10 S L Ten Shillings. 10 S L / This Bill of Ten Shillings due / to ye Possessor there of from ye Province of / New Hampshire shall be equal / to One Ounce Ten Penny Weight of coin'd / Silver Troy Weight of Sterling Alloy / or Gold Coin at ye Rate of Four / Pounds Eighteen Shillings P Ounce, / and sh...accepted in all Payments / and in ye Treasury Portsm...th Apr= / ye 3d 1742. By Order of ye General / Court or Assembly. / Feb. v 1744 / No / 10 S L 1743 L 10 S." printed; "Committee" printed vertically lower right; signatures bottom; British Arms lower left; two faces resting on wings top left and right; leafy-decorative border round text center; tree bottom.
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-5.9 W-4 inches
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Collection
- Subjects:
- Banking, Bank notes, Trees, England, Faces
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