Currency
- Object Name:
- Currency
- Object ID:
- 2012.500.052
- Creator:
- Hall and Sellers
- Place of Origin:
- Philadelphia, PA
- Date:
- 1776
- Description:
- Currency. Bank Note. Engraving, printed on paper. Obverse: "No. / TWO THIRDS / OF A DOLLAR, / ACCORDING to / a Resolution of / CONGRESS, / passed at PHI- / LADELPHIA / February, 17, / 1776. / A / Two Thirds of a Dollar" printed; "OF A DOLLAR" printed bottom border; "2 THIRDS OF A DOLLAR" printed top border; " 2 THIRDS" written vertically left; "OF A DOLL" printed vertically right; seal in square left, sundial with sun and moon, "FUGIO" printed in border, "MIND YOUR / BUSINESS" printed below; thick border left and right sides. Reverse: "Two Thirds of a Dollar. / Philad. Printed by HALL / and SELLERS. 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-3.2 W-2.5 inches
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Collection
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