Currency
- Object Name:
- Currency
- Object ID:
- 2012.500.059
- Creator:
- Hall and Sellers
- Place of Origin:
- Philadelphia, PA
- Date:
- 1778
- Description:
- Currency. Bank Note. Engraving, printed on paper. Obverse: "FIFTY DOLLARS / Printed by HALL and SEL- / LERS. 1778." printed; thin floral border top and bottom; thin lined border left and right; three overlapping arrows center. Reverse: "No. Fifty Dollars. / This Bill entitles the Bearer to receive Fifty / Spanish milled Dol- / lars, or the Value / thereof in Gold or / Silver, according to / a Resolution passed / by CONGRESS at / Philadelphia, Sep- / tember 26th, 1778. / 50 DOLLARS. / G" printed; "181971" written in ink top; J Snowden's signature bottom with illegible signature; seal left, pyramid, "PERENNIS" printed border; "Continental Currency 50" printed top and bottom borders; "The United States FIFTY L" printed left and right borders.
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-3.6 W-2.8 inches
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Collection
- Subjects:
- Banking, Bank notes, Arrows, Pyramids
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