Currency
- Object Name:
- Currency
- Object ID:
- 2012.500.058
- Creator:
- Hall and Sellers
- Place of Origin:
- Philadelphia, PA
- Date:
- 1778
- Description:
- Currency. Bank Note. Engraving, printed on paper. Obverse: "EIGHT DOLLARS. / PRINTED BY HALL AND / SELLERS. 1778." printed; thick decorative border; three sage leaf impressions center. Reverse: "No. EIGHT DOLLARS. / THIS Bill entitles / the BEARER to re- / ceive EIGHT Spanish / milled DOLLARS, / or the Value thereof in / Gold or Silver, accord- / ing to a Resolution pas- / sed by CONGRESS, at / Philadelphia, Sept. 26th, / 1778. / EIGHT DOLLARS." printed; "Proof sheet" written in ink bottom; seal left, thirteen string harp, "MAJORA MINORIBUS CONSONANT" printed border; "EIGHT DOLLARS. / VIII THE UNITED STATES / 8 D." printed top and bottom borders; "CONTINENTAL CURRENCY VIII" printed left and right borders. Printed on blue paper. Note: "These notes / on blue paper / were so issued / by the Gov. given to / Bankers so they / might compare / with notes offered / compare thus / detecting Counterfeits. / H Chapman / 11/16/20 Phil." written in ink.
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-3.6 W-2.7 inches
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Collection
- Subjects:
- Banking, Bank notes, Leaves, Harps
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