Currency
- Object Name:
- Currency
- Object ID:
- 2012.500.054
- Creator:
- Hall and Sellers
- Place of Origin:
- Philadelphia, PA
- Date:
- 1776
- Description:
- Currency. Bank Note. Engraving, printed on paper. Obverse: "FOUR DOLLARS. / Printed by Hall Sellers, / in Philadelphia. 1776." printed; thick decorative border; leaves in black ink square center. Reverse: "FOUR DOLLARS. No. / THIS Bill entitles the / Bearer to receive / Four Spanish milled Dol- / lars, or the Value there- / of in Gold or Silver, ac- / cording to a Resolution / of CONGRESS, passed / at Philadelphia Februa- / ry 17, 1776. / FOUR DOLLARS." printed; "31576" written in ink top; John Howard's signature bottom; seal left, wild board running, "AUT MORS AUT VITA DECORA" printed in border; "THE UNITED COLONIES / FOUR DOLLARS 4" printed top and bottom borders; "IV FOUR DOLLARS / Continental Currency. / FOUR 4 DOLLARS" printed left border; "IV FOUR DOLLARS / Continental Currency. / FOUR DOLLARS 4" printed right border.
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-3.7 W-3 inches
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Collection
- Subjects:
- Banking, Bank notes, Boars, Leaves
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