Currency

Object Name:

Currency

Object ID:

2012.500.068

Creator:

Hall and Sellers

Place of Origin:

Baltimore, MD

Date:

1777

Description:

Currency. Bank Note. Engraving, printed on paper. Obverse: "THIRTY DOLLARS. / ... by Hall and Sellers" printed; thick decorative border; right emblem sun over water and ship, text faded; left emblem faded. Reverse: "No. Thirty Dollars. / This BILL entitles / the Bearer to receive / THIRTY Spanish / milled DOLLARS, / or the Value thereof / in Gold or Silver, ac- / cording to a Resolu- / tion of Congress Pas- / sed at Baltimore, / February 26, 1777. / XXX DOLLARS" printed; seal left, tomb, wreath atop, "SI RECTE FACIES" printed border; "THE UNITED COLONIES" printed top and bottom borders; "XXX DOLLARS / Continental Currency 30 D / Thirty Dollars XXX" printed left and right borders.

Material:

Paper

Dimensions:

H-2.8 W-3.7 inches

Credit Line:

New Hampshire Historical Society Collection

Subjects:

Banking, Bank notes, Sun, Tomb, Wreaths, Emblems