Currency
- Object Name:
- Currency
- Object ID:
- 2012.500.046
- Creator:
- Hall and Sellers
- Place of Origin:
- Philadelphia, PA
- Date:
- 1775
- Description:
- Currency. Bank Note. Engraving, printed on paper. Obverse: "TWO DOLLARS / PHILADELPHIA: / Printed by HALL and SEL / LERS. 1775." printed; 3 leaves, black background center; thick decorative border four sides. Reverse: "TWO DOLLARS. No. / THIS Bill entitles the / Bearer to receive / TWO SPANISH MILL- / ED DOLLARS, or the / Value thereof in GOLD / or SILVER, according to / a Resolution of CON- / GRESS, passed at Phi- / ladelphia November 29, / 1775. / TWO DOLLARS." printed; " 17890" written in red ink top; Seal right, hand, tools, sheaves, "TRIBULATIO DITAT" printed border; "The United Colonies / TWO DOLLARS TWO DOLLARS" printed top, bottom borders; "II TWO DOLLARS / Continental Currency / TWO DOLLARS" printed left, right borders; signatures bottom.
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-3.7 W-2.8 inches
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Collection
- Subjects:
- Banking, Bank notes, Hands, Sheaves, Threshing machines
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