Currency
- Object Name:
- Currency
- Object ID:
- 2012.500.026
- 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 1777. / And this NOTE shall be received in all Payments / At the Treasury at any time after the date hereof. / Receiver General." printed; "three pounds" printed vertically left; "T H R E E P O U N D S" printed top with designs between letters; "216" written in ink top; E Thompson and Nich. Gilman's signatures bottom; decorative border top and bottom; double border left and right sides. Note Below: "This bill lodged by / Saml Farrar of Lincoln April 19th 1776. / Middlesex April 22: 1777 Capt Samuel / Farrar made oath that he received this / bill of Joseph Bacon for the sum of / three pounds, before me / Ebenzr. Brooks Justice Peace" written in ink.
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-2.8 W-4.9 inches
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Collection
- Subjects:
- Banking, Bank notes
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