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Object Name:
Currency
Object ID:
2012.500.069
Creator:
Hall and Sellers
Place of Origin:
Philadelphia, PA
Date:
1778
Description:
Currency. Bank Note. Engraving, printed on paper. Obverse: "EIGHT DOLLARS / PRINTED BY HALL AND / SELLERS. 1778." printed; three sage leaf impressions center; decorative border top and bottom; black line border left and right. Reverse: "No. EIGHT DOLLARS. / THIS BILL entitles / the BEARER to re- / ceive EIGHT Spanish / milled DOLLARS / or the Value thereof in / Gold or Silver, accord- / ing to a Resolution pas- / sed by CONGRESS, at / Philadelphia, Sept. 26th / 1778. / EIGHT DOLLARS." printed; "55214" written in ink top; R Roberts and I All's signatures bottom; seal left, thirteen string harp, "MAJORA MINORIBUS CONSONANT" printed border; "EIGHT DOLLARS 8 / VIII THE UNITED STATES / 8 D" printed top border; "EIGHT DOLLARS VIII / VIII THE UNITED STATES 8 D" printed bottom border; "Continental Currency VIII" printed left and right borders.
Material:
Paper
Dimensions:
H-3.9 W-2.8 inches
Credit Line:
New Hampshire Historical Society Collection
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