Currency
- Object Name:
- Currency
- Object ID:
- 2012.500.043
- Creator:
- Dawkins, Henry; Hall and Sellers
- Place of Origin:
- NH
- Date:
- 1780
- Description:
- Currency. Bank Note. Engraving, printed on paper. Obverse: "ONE DOLLAR / STATE OF NEW - HAMPSHIRE / No. ONE DOLLAR. / THE Possessor of this BILL shall be paid ONE / SPANISH MILLED DOLLAR by the Thirty first / Day of December, One ... Seven Hundred and / Eighty-six with Int... ...ney, at the Rate / of Five per Centum per ... of New-Hamp- / shire, according to ...gislature of the said / State, of the Twenty ...April, 1780. / Interest, s. d. q. / Annually, 0 3 2 1/2 / Monthly, 0 0 1 1/4" printed; "ONE DOLLAR" printed vertically left border; "3917" written red ink top; J McClure and J Pearson's signatures red ink bottom; E Robinson's signature black ink bottom; decorative border bottom and right. Reverse: "The United States / ONE DOLLAR" printed top with red ink overlay; "Printed by HALL and SELLERS. / THE UNITED STATES ensure the Pay- / ment of the within BILL, and will draw / Bills of Exchange for the Interest annually, if / demanded, according to a Resolution of CON- / GRESS, of the 18th of March, 1780." printed; "THE UNITED STATES" printed bottom; black background center; seal "DEPRESSA RE..." printed border; border left and right sides.
- 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
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