Currency
- Object Name:
- Currency
- Object ID:
- 2012.500.075
- Creator:
- Hall and Sellers
- Place of Origin:
- Philadelphia, PA
- Date:
- 1779
- Description:
- Currency. Bank Note. Engraving, printed on paper. Obverse: "Printed by HALL and / SELLERS. 1779. / FOUR DOLLARS." printed; thin decorative border; mulberry leaf impression center. Reverse: "No. FOUR DOLLARS. / THE BEARER is en- / titled to receive Four / Spanish milled Dollars, or / an equal Sum in GOLD / or SILVER, according / to a Resolution of CON- / GRESS of the 14th Ja- / nuary, 1779. / FOUR DOLLARS." printed; "10933" written in ink top; Geo Bright and Jos Watkins' signatures bottom; seal left, wild boar running onto spear, part in red ink, "AUT MORS AUT VITA DECORA" printed border; "4 OF D NORTH AMERICA" printed top border; "OF FOUR DOLL. NORTH AMERICA" printed bottom border; "four dollars / The United States" printed left border, part in red ink; "THE UNITED STATES" printed right border.
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-3.7 W-2.8 inches
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Collection
- Subjects:
- Banking, Bank notes, Leaves, Boars, Spears
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