Currency
- Object Name:
- Currency
- Object ID:
- 2012.500.045
- Creator:
- Hall and Sellers
- Place of Origin:
- Philadelphia, PA
- Date:
- 1775
- Description:
- Currency. Bank Note. Engraving, printed on paper. Obverse: "SIX DOLLARS / PHILADELPHIA: / PRINTED BY HALL and / SELLERS. 1775." printed; leaf, black background with border center; thick decorative border four sides. Reverse: "No. SIX DOLLARS. / THIS Bill entitles the / Bearer to receive / SIX SPANISH MILLED / DOLLARS, or the / Value thereof in GOLD / or SILVER, according to / a Resolution of CON- / GRESS, passed at Phi- / ladelphia November 29, / 1775. / SIX DOLLARS." printed; "23569" written in red ink top; Seal left, mountains and palm trees, "PERSEVERANDO" printed border; "S IX D O L LARS/ The United Colonies / SIX DOLLARS 6" printed top, bottom borders; "SIX VI DOLLARS / Continental Currency / SIX VI DOLLARS 6" printed left, right borders; H Howell's signature red ink bottom; Rob Robin's signature black ink bottom.
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-3.6 W-2.8 inches
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Collection
- Subjects:
- Banking, Bank notes, Mountains, Beavers, Trees
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