Currency

Object Name:

Currency

Object ID:

2012.500.035

Creator:

Dawkins, Henry; Hall and Sellers

Place of Origin:

NH

Date:

1780

Description:

Currency. Bank Note. Engraving, printed on paper. Obverse: "SEVEN DOLLARS / STATE of NEW-HAMPSHIRE. / No. Seven Dollars. / THE Poss... of this Bill shall be paid / SEVEN ...d DOLLARS by the Thirty- / first Day of D... ...ousand Seven Hundred and / Eighty-six, ...ike Money, at the Rate of / Five per Cen... ...y the State of NEW-HAMP- / SHIRE, accor... of the Legislature of the said / State, of the Tw... Day of April, 1780. / Interest. s. d. q. / Annually, 2 1 1 / Monthly, 0 2 0 1/2" printed; "Seven Dollars" printed vertically left border; "7D" printed vertically right border; "1753" written red ink top; E Robinson and J Pearson's signature red ink bottom; J. McClure's signature black ink bottom; fleur de lis center top border; decorative thick border four sides. Reverse: "THE UNITED STATES / SEVEN DOLLARS" printed top with red ink overlay; "Printed by HALL 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; Jn. Taylor Gilman's Signature red ink bottom; seal center, "SERENABIT." printed border; large black design center; decorative border four sides. "CONFEDERATION" watermark in two lines.

Material:

Paper

Dimensions:

H-2.8 W-3.7 inches

Credit Line:

New Hampshire Historical Society Collection

People:

Dawkins, Henry ( -1786)

Subjects:

Banking, Bank notes