Currency
- Object Name:
- Currency
- Object ID:
- 2012.500.057
- Creator:
- Hall and Sellers
- Place of Origin:
- Philadelphia, PA
- Date:
- 1776
- Description:
- Currency. Bank Note. Engraving, printed on paper. Obverse: "ONE DOLLAR. / PHILADELPHIA: / Printed by HALL and SEL- / LERS. 1776." printed; thick decorative border; rag weed, two willow leaf impressions center. Reverse: "ONE DOLLAR. No. / THIS Bill entitles the / BEARER to receive / ONE SPANISH MILL- / ED DOLLAR, or the / Value thereof in Gold or / Silver, according to a Re- / solution of CONGRESS, / passed at PHILADELPHIA / February 17, 1776. / ONE DOLLAR." printed; "63999" written in ink top; J Mease and J Purviance's signatures bottom; seal right, weight atop basket crushing acanthus plant, "DEPRESSA RESURGIT" printed border; "ONE DOLLAR / The United Colonies / 1 ONE DOLLAR 1" printed top and bottom borders; "ONE DOLLAR / Continental Currency / 1 ONE DOLLAR" printed left and right borders.
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-3.7 W-2.8 inches
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Collection
- Subjects:
- Banking, Bank notes, Plant, Leaves, Baskets
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