Currency

Object Name:

Currency

Object ID:

2012.500.033

Creator:

Dawkins, Henry; Hall and Sellers

Place of Origin:

NH

Date:

1780

Description:

Currency. Bank Note. Engraving, printed on paper. Obverse: "FOUR DOLLARS. / STATE of NEW-HAMPSHIRE. / No. Four Dollars. / THE Possessor of this BILL shall be paid FOUR / Spanish milled DOLLARS by the Thirty-first / Day of December, One Thousand Seven Hundred and / Eighty -six, with I... IKE MONEY, at the Rate / of Five per Cen... by the State of NEW- / HAMPSHIRE, ... of the Legislature of / the said State, ...nth Day of April, 1780. / Interest. s. d. q. / Annually, 1 2 2 / Monthly, 0 1 1" printed; "FOUR DOLLARS 4d" printed vertically left border; "2213" written in red ink top; J. Pearson's signature red ink bottom; J. McClure and E. Robinson's signatures black ink bottom; decorative thick border four sides. Reverse: "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 by HALL and SELLERS." printed; "THE UNITED STATES" printed bottom; John Taylor Gilman's signature bottom; "four dollars / The United States" printed script top; seal center, "AUT MORS AU..." printed border; large black design center; decorative border on all sides.

Material:

Paper

Dimensions:

H-3 W-3.7 inches

Credit Line:

New Hampshire Historical Society Collection

People:

Dawkins, Henry ( -1786)

Subjects:

Banking, Bank notes