Currency
- Object Name:
- Currency
- Object ID:
- 2012.500.073
- Creator:
- Hall and Sellers
- Place of Origin:
- Philadelphia, PA
- Date:
- 1778
- Description:
- Currency. Bank Note. Engraving, printed on paper. Obverse: "SEVEN DOLLARS. / Printed by HALL and / SELLERS. 1778." printed; thick decorative border top and bottom; black line border left and right; grape, sage leaf impressions. 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 / passed by CONGRESS, / at PHILADELPHIA, Sep- / tember 26th, 1778. / SEVEN DOLLARS" printed; seal left, rain storm over hills, town, "SERENABIT." printed border; "7 VII / SEVEN DOLLARS / THE UNITED STATES / 7 D" printed top and bottom borders; 7 DOLLAR. / CONTINENTAL CURRENCY VII" printed left and right borders. Printed on blue paper.
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-3.9 W-2.8 inches
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Collection
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