Currency

Object Name:

Currency

Object ID:

2012.500.034

Creator:

Dawkins, Henry; Hall and Sellers

Place of Origin:

NH

Date:

1780

Description:

Currency. Bank Note. Engraving, printed on paper. Obverse: "FIVE DOLLARS. / STATE of NEW-HAMPSHIRE. / No. Five Dollars. / THE POSS... ...LL shall be paid FIVE / SPANISH ...y the Thirty-first Day / of December, O... Hundred and Eighty- / six, with Interest ... at the Rate of Five per / Centum per Annum, ... of NEW-HAMPSHIRE, / according to an Act of the Legislature of the said State, / of the Twenty-ninth Day of April, 1780. / Interest. s. d. q. / Annually, 1 6 0 / Monthly, 0 1 2." printed; "FIVE DOLLARS" printed vertically left border; "3503" written red ink top; J Pearson's signature black ink bottom; C. McClure's signature red ink bottom; decorative border four sides. Reverse: "THE UNITED STATES / FIVE DOLLARS" printed top with red ink overlay; "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; J.T. Gilman's signature bottom; "The United States FIVE / DOLLAR" printed bottom; seal with hand, branches center, "SUSTINE VEL ABSTIN..." printed border; large black design center; decorative border four sides. "CONFEDERATION" watermark in two lines.

Material:

Paper

Dimensions:

H-3 W-3.9 inches

Credit Line:

New Hampshire Historical Society Collection

People:

Dawkins, Henry ( -1786)

Subjects:

Banking, Bank notes, Hands, Branches