Currency

Object Name:

Currency

Object ID:

2012.500.032

Creator:

Dawkins, Henry; Hall and Sellers

Place of Origin:

NH

Date:

1780

Description:

Currency. Bank Note. Engraving, printed on paper. Obverse: "THREE DOLLARS. / STATE of NEW-HAMPSHIRE. / No. Three Dollars. / THE Possess... Bill shall be paid / THREE Span... ARS by the Thir- / ty-first Day of Decem... and Seven Hundred / and Eighty-six, with ...loney, at the Rate / of FIVE per Centum pe... the State of NEW- / HAMPSHIRE, according ... of the Legislature of / the said State, of the Twenty-ninth Day of April, 1780. / Interest. s. d. q. / Annually, 0 10 3 / Monthly, 0 0 3 1/2" printed; "Three Dollars" printed vertically left side border; "2582" written in red ink top; J. Pearson's signature red ink bottom; E. Robinson's signature black ink bottom; "CONFEDERATION" water mark in two lines; thick decorative border. Reverse: "The United States" printed in script top with red ink overlay; "... Doll." printed vertically top; "Printed by ... and SELLERS. / THE UNITED STATES ensure the Payment / of the within BILL, and will draw Bills / of Exchange for the Interest annually, if de- / manded, according to a Resolution of CON- / GRESS, of the 18th of March, 1780." printed; "THE UNITED STATES" printed bottom; Nich Gilman's signature bottom; seal with eagle, crane center, "EXITUS IN DUBIO F..." printed border; arrow border left; large black design center.

Material:

Paper

Dimensions:

H-2.9 W-3.7 inches

Credit Line:

New Hampshire Historical Society Collection

People:

Dawkins, Henry ( -1786)

Subjects:

Banking, Bank notes, Birds, Eagle, Cranes (Birds)