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Object Name:
Currency
Object ID:
2012.500.023
Creator:
Revere, Paul (1734-1818)
Place of Origin:
NH
Date:
1775
Description:
Currency. Bank Note. Engraving, printed on paper. Obverse: "No. / Colony of / New Hampshire. June 20 1775 / The Possessor of this Note, shall...Entitled to receive out of the Treasury / of this Colony, the sum of TEN...lings Lawful Money, on the 20th. of / December 1778 with Interest at th... Rate of six p. Cent, p. Annum. / And this Note shall be received...all payments at the TREASURY, at / any time after the date hereof, for the principal sum without / Interest, if so paid before the said 20th. day of December AD. 1778. / Receiver General." printed "2156" written in ink top; E Thompson and Nich...Gilman's signatures bottom; tree branches in square left.
Material:
Paper
Dimensions:
H-3.2 W-6.6 inches
Credit Line:
New Hampshire Historical Society Collection
Subjects:
Banking, Bank notes
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