Currency
- Object Name:
- Currency
- Object ID:
- 2012.500.055
- Creator:
- Hall and Sellers
- Place of Origin:
- Philadelphia, PA
- Date:
- 1776
- Description:
- Currency. Bank Note. Engraving, printed on paper. Obverse: "TWO DOLLARS. / PHILADELPHIA: / Printed by HALL and SEL- / LERS. 1776." printed; thick decorative border; three leaves in black square center. Reverse: "TWO DOLLARS. No. / THIS Bill entitles the / Bearer to receive / TWO SPANISH MILL- / ED DOLLARS, or the / Value thereof in GOLD / or SILVER, according to / a Resolution of CON- / GRESS, passed at Phi- / ladelphia February 17, / 1776. / TWO DOLLARS." printed; "7226" written in ink top; H Johnson's signature bottom with illegible signature; seal right, hand, sheaves of wheat, tools, " TRIBULATIO DITAT" printed in border; "The United Colonies / TWO DOLLARS TWO DOLLARS" printed top and bottom borders; "II TWO DOLLARS / Continental Currency. / 2 TWO DOLLARS." printed left and right borders.
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-3.8 W-2.9 inches
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Collection
- Subjects:
- Banking, Bank notes, Leaves, Hands, Sheaves
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