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Object Name:
Currency
Object ID:
2012.500.066
Creator:
Hall and Sellers
Place of Origin:
Philadelphia, PA
Date:
1777
Description:
Currency. Bank Note. Engraving, printed on paper. Obverse: "SEVEN DOLLARS. / Printed by HALL and / SELLERS. 1777." printed; thick decorative border; buttercup leaf impressions center. Reverse: "No. SEVEN DOLLARS. / THIS Bill entitles the / Bearer to receive SE / VEN SPANISH milled / DOLLARS, or the Value / thereof in Gold or Silver, / according to a Resolution / of CONGRESS, passed / at Philadelphia, May 20, / 1777. / SEVEN DOLLARS." printed; S S Coale and T. Hopkinson's signatures bottom; seal left, rain storm over hills, town, "SERENABIT." printed border; "SEVEN DOLLARS / The United STATES / 7 7 SEVEN DOLLARS" printed top border; "SEVEN DOLLARS / The United STATES / 7 VII SEVEN DOLLARS" printed bottom border; "SEVEN VII DOLLARS / Continental Currency. / 7 SEVEN DOLLARS" printed left border; "SEVEN 7 DOLLARS / Continental Currency. / VII SEVEN DOLLARS." printed right border.
Material:
Paper
Dimensions:
H-3.8 W-2.8 inches
Credit Line:
New Hampshire Historical Society Collection
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