Currency
- Object Name:
- Currency
- Object ID:
- 2012.500.060
- Creator:
- Hall and Sellers
- Place of Origin:
- Philadelphia, PA
- Date:
- 1778
- Description:
- Currency. Bank Note. Engraving, printed on paper. Obverse: "Forty DOLLARS. / Printed by Hall and Sellers. 1778." printed; thick decorative border; carrot leaf impressions center. Reverse: "No. Forty Dollars. / This Bill entitles / the Bearer to re- / ceive Forty Spanish / milled Dollars, or / the Value thereof in / Gold or Silver, ac- / cording to a Resolu- / tion passed by Con- / gress at Philadelphia, / Sept. 26th, 1778. / XL DOLLARS." printed; "328962" written in ink top; P Cox and N Donnell's signatures bottom; seal left, large eye in clouds looks down, fire on pedestal, "CONFEDERATION" printed in banner; "THE UNITED STATES" printed top border; "The UNITED States" printed bottom border; "Continental Currency / FORTY DOLLARS 40" printed left border; "Continental Currency / FORTY DOLLARS XL" printed right border.
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-3.7 W-2.9 inches
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Old Sturbridge Village
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