Currency
- Object Name:
- Currency
- Object ID:
- 2012.500.028
- Place of Origin:
- NH
- Date:
- 1775
- Description:
- Currency. Bank Note. Engraving, printed on paper. Obverse: "1s. ... / COLONY OF / NEW HAMPSHIRE No. NOVEMBER 3 1775. / The Possessor of this NOTE shall be intitled to receive out of / the Treasury of this Colony, the Sum of one shilling and six / pence Lawful Money on the 20th of December 1782; and this / Note shall be received in all Payments at the Treasury at any / Time after the Date hereof. / Receiver General." printed; "1s. 6d." printed in leaf-bordered circle left; "2231" written in ink top; Sam Hobart and Nich Gilman's signatures bottom; decorative border bottom top and right; thick decorative border left.
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-2.1 W-5.4 inches
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Collection
- Subjects:
- Banking, Bank notes
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