Currency
- Object Name:
- Currency
- Object ID:
- 2012.500.061
- Creator:
- Hall and Sellers
- Place of Origin:
- Philadelphia, PA
- Date:
- 1776
- Description:
- Currency. Bank Note. Engraving, printed on paper. Obverse: "FIVE DOLLARS. / PHILADELPHIA: / Printed by HALL and / SELLERS. 1776." printed; thick decorative border; betony, sage leaf impressions center. Reverse: "FIVE DOLLARS. / THIS Bill entitles the / Bearer to receive FIVE / SPANISH MILLED DOL- / LARS, or the Value there- / of in GOLD or SILVER, / according to a Resolution / of CONGRESS, passed / at Philadelphia, May 9, / 1776." printed; number written in ink top; Johnson's signature bottom with illegible signature; seal left, hand bleeds over thorny bush, "SUSTINE VEL ABSTINE" printed border; "FIVE DOLLARS / The United Colonies / FIVE DOLLARS 5" printed top and bottom borders; "FIVE V DOLLARS / CONTINENTAL CURRENCY. / FIVE DOLLARS" printed left and right borders.
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-3.8 W-2.8 inches
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Collection
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