Currency
- Object Name:
- Currency
- Object ID:
- 2012.500.031
- Place of Origin:
- NH
- Date:
- 1775
- Description:
- Currency. Bank Note. Engraving, printed on paper. Obverse: "2l. Forty Shillings 2l. / 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 TWO POUNDS 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; "T W O P O U N D S" printed top with designs between letters; "forty 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-4.8 inches
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Collection
- Subjects:
- Banking, Bank notes
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