Currency
- Object Name:
- Currency
- Object ID:
- 2012.500.044
- Creator:
- Hall and Sellers
- Place of Origin:
- Philadelphia, PA
- Date:
- 1775
- Description:
- Currency. Bank Note. Engraving, printed on paper. Obverse: "THREE DOLLARS / Philadelphia: PRINTED BY / Hall Sellers. 1775." printed; design center; thick decorative border four sides. Reverse: "THREE DOLLARS. No./ THIS Bill entitles the / BEARER to receive / Three SPANISH milled / DOLLARS, or the Value / thereof in Gold or Silver, / according to a Resolution / of CONGRESS, passed / at Philadelphia Novem- / ber 29, 1775. / THREE DOLLARS." printed; Seal right ,eagle attacking crane, "EXITUS IN DUBIO EST" printed border; "T H REE D O L LARS / The United Colonies / THREE DOLLARS" printed top, bottom borders; "THREE III DOLLARS / Continental Currency / THREE DOLLARS" printed left, right borders; JB Smith's signature bottom.
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-3.7 W-2.8 inches
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Collection
- Subjects:
- Banking, Bank notes, Eagle, Cranes (Birds)
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