Currency
- Object Name:
- Currency
- Object ID:
- 2012.500.050
- Creator:
- Hall and Sellers
- Place of Origin:
- Philadelphia, PA
- Date:
- 1775
- Description:
- Currency. Bank Note. Engraving, printed on paper. Obverse: "SEVEN DOLLARS / PHILADELPHIA: / Printed by HALL and / SELLERS. 1775" printed; Very faded design center with square border; thick border around four edges. Reverse: "No. SEVEN DOLLARS. / THIS Bill entitles the / Bearer to receive SE- / VEN SPANISH milled / DOLLARS, or the Value / thereof in Gold or Silver, / according to a Resolution / of CONGRESS, passed / at Philadelphia Novem- / ber 29, 1775. / SEVEN DOLLARS." printed; "SEVEN DOLLARS / The United Colonies / 7 SEVEN DOLLARS" printed top and bottom borders; "SEVEN DOLLARS / Continental Currency / VII SEVEN DOLLARS 7" printed left and right borders; "279...8" written in ink top; B Fuller's signature black ink bottom; Joel Evans' signature red ink bottom; Seal left, storm clouds, rain, landscape, "SERENABIT" printed border.
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-3.9 W-2.8 inches
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Collection
- Subjects:
- Banking, Bank notes, Storms, Clouds, Mountain
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