Currency
- Object Name:
- Currency
- Object ID:
- 2012.500.047
- Creator:
- Hall and Sellers
- Place of Origin:
- Philadelphia, PA
- Date:
- 1775
- Description:
- Currency. Bank Note. Engraving, printed on paper. Obverse: "FIVE DOLLARS / PHILADELPHIA: / Printed by HALL and / SELLERS. 1775." printed; 2 leaves, black background with border center; thick decorative border four sides. Reverse: "No. FIVE DOLLARS. / THIS Bill entitles the / Bearer to receive FIVE / SPANISH MILLED DOL- / LARS, or the Value there / of in GOLD or SILVER, / according to a Resolution / of CONGRESS, passed / at PHILADELPHIA No- / vember 29,1775. / FIVE DOLLARS." printed; "33883" written in ink top; Seal left, bleeding hand, thorny bush, "SUSTINE VEL ABSTIN" printed border; "F IV E D O L LARS / The United Colonies / 5 FIVE DOLLARS" printed top, bottom borders; "5 FIVE V DOLLARS / CONTINENTAL CURRENCY / FIVE DOLLARS" printed left, right borders; signatures bottom.
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-3.6 W-2.8 inches
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Collection
- Subjects:
- Banking, Bank notes, Hands, Thorns, Bushes
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