Currency

Object Name:

Currency

Object ID:

2012.500.036

Creator:

Dawkins, Henry; Hall and Sellers

Place of Origin:

NH

Date:

1780

Description:

Currency. Bank Note. Engraving, printed on paper. Obverse: "EIGHT 8 DOLLARS. / State of New-Hampshire. / No. EIGHT D... / THE Possessor of this Bill ...d / EIGHT Spanish milled DOLLARS ...rst / Day of December, One Thousand Seven ...gh- / ty-six, with Interest in like MONEY, at t... Five / per Centum per Annum, by the State 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, 2 4 3 / Monthly, 0 2 1 1/2" printed; "EIGHT DOLLARS" printed vertically left; "1214_" written in ink top; J. McClure, E Robinson and J Pearson's signatures bottom; decorative border four sides. Reverse: "THE UNITED STATES / EIGHT DOLLARS" printed top, red ink overlay; "THE UNITED STATES ensure the Pay-ment ...ithin BILL, and will draw / Bills of ... the Interest annually, if de... to a Resolution of CON... of March, 1780. / Printed by HALL and SELLERS." printed; "THE UNITED STATES / VIII DOl." printed bottom border; Jn Gilman's signature bottom; seal center with harp, black and red ink, "MAJORA MINORIBUS CONSONANT" printed border; large black design center; decorative border all four sides; s.a.g. Jan. 13 1904." written in pencil right side; "CONFEDERATION" watermark in two lines.

Material:

Paper

Dimensions:

H-2.8 W-3.8 inches

Credit Line:

New Hampshire Historical Society Collection

People:

Dawkins, Henry ( -1786)

Subjects:

Banking, Bank notes, Harps