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Object Name:
Currency
Object ID:
2012.500.065
Creator:
Hall and Sellers
Place of Origin:
Baltimore, MD
Date:
1777
Description:
Currency. Bank Note. Engraving, printed on paper. Obverse: "FIVE DOLLARS. / Printed by HALL and / SELLERS. 1777." printed; thick decorative border; betony, sage leaf impressions. Reverse: "No. 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 Baltimore, Feb. 26, / 1777. / FIVE DOLLARS." printed; J Barney's signature bottom; seal left, bleeding hand over thorny bush, "SUSTINE VEL ABSTINE" printed border; "FIVE DOLLARS / The United Colonies / 5 FIVE DOLLARS" printed top and bottom borders; "FIVE V DOLLARS / CONTINENTAL CURRENCY / FIVE DOLLARS" printed left and right borders.
Material:
Paper
Dimensions:
H-3.8 W-2.9 inches
Credit Line:
New Hampshire Historical Society Collection
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