Currency
- Object Name:
- Currency
- Object ID:
- 2012.500.024
- Place of Origin:
- NH
- Date:
- 1775
- Description:
- Currency. Bank Note. Engraving, printed on paper. Obverse: "10s. Ten Shillings 10s. / COLONY OF / NEW HAMPSHIRE No. AUGUST 24 1775. / THE Possessor of this NOTE shall be / ...ed to receive out o... the Treasury of this Colony / the Sum of TEN SHILLINGS Lawful M..., / ON THE 20th ... DECEMBER 1778 / And this NOTE shall be ...ceived in all Payments / At the Treasury at any T... after the Date hereof / Receiver General." printed; "860" written in ink top; E Thompson and Nich Gilman's signatures bottom; "T E N S H I L L I N G S" printed top with designs between letters; "ten shillings" printed vertically left; decorative border top and bottom; double border left and right sides. Reverse: Newspaper text.
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-2.8 W-5.2 inches
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Collection
- Subjects:
- Banking, Bank notes
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