Currency
- Object Name:
- Currency
- Object ID:
- 2012.500.049
- Creator:
- Hall and Sellers
- Place of Origin:
- Philadelphia, PA
- Date:
- 1776
- Description:
- Currency. Bank Note. Engraving, printed on paper. Obverse: "No. / HALF A DOLLAR, / ACCORDING / to a resolution / of CONGRESS, / passed at Phi- / ladelphia, FE- / BRUARY 17, / 1776. / B / HALF A DOLLAR" printed; "HALF A DOLLAR" printed bottom border; "HALF A DOLLAR" printed in banners top border; "416138" written in ink top; H...'s signature bottom; seal in square right, sundial with sun and moon, "FUGIO" printed in border, "MIND YOUR / BUSINESS" printed below; thick border left and right sides. Reverse: "HALF A DOLLAR. / Printed by Hall Sellers / in Philadelphia. 1776." printed; 13 link chain in circle, colony name on each link, "WE / ARE / ONE" printed center, "AMERICAN CONGRESS" printed in border; decorative border around edges.
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-3 W-2.4 inches
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Collection
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