Currency
- Object Name:
- Currency
- Object ID:
- 2012.500.053
- Creator:
- Hall and Sellers
- Place of Origin:
- Philadelphia, PA
- Date:
- 1776
- Description:
- Currency. Bank Note. Engraving, printed on paper. Obverse: "No. / ONE SIXTH OF A / DOLLAR, / According / to a Resolu- / tion of CON- / GRESS, Pas- / sed at Phi- / ladelphia, / February 17, 1776. / ONE SIXTH." printed; "...DOLLAR" printed bottom border; "DOL..." printed top border; 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: "One Sixth of a Dollar. / Printed by Hall 7 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-3.2 W-2.4 inches
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Collection
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