Currency
- Object Name:
- Currency
- Object ID:
- 2012.500.056
- Creator:
- Hall and Sellers
- Place of Origin:
- Philadelphia, PA
- Date:
- 1776
- Description:
- Currency. Bank Note. Engraving, printed on paper. Obverse: "THREE DOLLARS. / Philadelphia: PRINTED BY / Hall Sellers. 1776." printed; thick decorative border; elm and maple fruit center. Reverse: "THREE DOLLARS. No. / THIS Bill entitles the / BEARER to receive / Three SPANISH milled / DOLLARS, or the Value / thereof in Gold or Silver, / according to a Resolution / of CONGRESS, passed / at Philadelphia Februa- / ry 17, 1776. / THREE DOLLARS." printed; "48621" written in ink top; T Coombe and R Tuckniss' signatures bottom; seal right, eagle attacking crane, "EXITUS IN DUBIO EST" printed border; "THREE DOLLARS / III The United Colonies / THREE DOLLARS" printed top and bottom borders; "THREE III DOLLARS / Continental Currency / 3 THREE DOLLARS" printed left and right borders.
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-3.7 W-2.9 inches
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Collection
- Subjects:
- Banking, Bank notes, Eagle, Cranes (Birds)
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