Currency
- Object Name:
- Currency
- Object ID:
- 2012.500.063
- Creator:
- Hall and Sellers
- Place of Origin:
- Baltimore, MD
- Date:
- 1777
- Description:
- Currency. Bank Note. Engraving, printed on paper. Obverse: "FOUR DOLLARS. / Printed by Hall Sellers, / 1777." printed; thick decorative border; skeletonized maple fruit center. Reverse: "FOUR DOLLARS. No. / THIS Bill entitles the / Bearer to receive / Four Spanish milled Dol- / lars, or the Value there- / of in Gold or Silver, ac- / cording to a Resolution / of CONGRESS, passed / at Baltimore, Feb. 26, / 1777. / FOUR DOLLARS." printed; "76701" written in ink top; J Kelso and R Cromwell's signatures bottom; seal right, wild boar running onto spear, "AUT MORS AUT VITA DECORA" printed border; "THE UNITED COLONIES / FOUR DOLLARS" printed top and bottom borders; "IV FOUR DOLLARS / Continental Currency. / FOUR DOLLARS" printed left and right borders.
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-3.7 W-2.9 inches
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Collection
- Subjects:
- Banking, Bank notes, Leaves, Boars, Spears
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