Currency
- Object Name:
- Currency
- Object ID:
- 2012.500.022
- Place of Origin:
- NH
- Date:
- 1775
- Description:
- Currency. Bank Note. Engraving, printed on paper. Obverse: "3l. Three Pounds. 3l. / COLONY OF / NEW HAMPSHIRE No. AUGUST 24 1775. / THE Possessor of this NOTE shall be / intitled to receive out of the TREASURY of this / Colony the Sum of THREE POUNDS Lawful Money, / ON THE 20th OF DECEMBER 1778, / And this NOTE shall be received in all payments / At the Treasury at any Time after the Date hereof. / Receiver - General." printed; "1251" written in ink top; E. Thompson and Nich. Gilman's signatures bottom; "T H R E E P O U N D S" printed top, design between letters; "three pounds" printed vertically left; decorative border top and bottom; double border left and right sides.
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-3.2 W-5 inches
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Collection
- Subjects:
- Banking, Bank notes
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