Currency
- Object Name:
- Currency
- Object ID:
- 2012.500.030
- Place of Origin:
- NH
- Date:
- 1775
- Description:
- Currency. Bank Note. Engraving, printed on paper. Obverse: "15s. Fifteen Shillings 15s. / 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 FIFTEEN SHILLINGS Lawful Money, / ON THE 20th OF DECEMBER 1779 / And this NOTE shall be received in all Payments / At the Treasury at any Time after the Date hereof. / Receiver General." printed; "F I F T E E N S H I L L I N G S" printed top with designs between letters; "fifteen shillings" printed vertically left; decorative border top and bottom; double border right; triple border left; Sam Hobart and Nich Gilman's signatures bottom.
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-2.8 W-4.7 inches
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Collection
- Subjects:
- Banking, Bank notes
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