Currency
- Object Name:
- Currency
- Object ID:
- 2012.500.039
- Place of Origin:
- Portsmouth, NH
- Date:
- 1762
- Description:
- Currency. Bank Note. Engraving, printed on paper. Obverse: "1s No 1s / ONE SHILLING / The Possessor of this BILL shall / be paid by the TREASURER of the PROVINCE / of NEW-HAMPSHIRE, / ONE SHILLING STERLING in / SILVER, or GOLD, or / BILLS of EXCHANGE, with / the Interest of two and a half per / Cent per Annum, by the 25th / Day of December, 1766. BY / ORDER of the GENERAL / ASSEMBLY, PORTSMOUTH, / First Day of Jan. 1762. / DEATH ... COUNTERFEIT this BILL. / 1s 1s" printed; "COMMITTEE" printed vertically right; "Pax Bello Potior" printed around hand extending index finger left; crown top border; decorative border four sides.
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-3.8 W-2.8 inches
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Collection
- Subjects:
- Banking, Bank notes, Hands, Crowns
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