Currency
- Object Name:
- Currency
- Object ID:
- 2012.500.076
- Creator:
- Hall and Sellers
- Place of Origin:
- Philadelphia, PA
- Date:
- 1779
- Description:
- Currency. Bank Note. Engraving, printed on paper. Obverse: "ONE DOLLAR. / Printed by HALL and SEL- / LERS. 1779." printed; thin decorative border; tansy leaf impression center. Reverse: "No. ONE DOLLAR. / THE Bearer is entitled / to receive ONE Spa- / nish milled DOLLAR, / or an equal Sum in Gold / or Silver, according to / a Resolution of CON- / GRESS of the 14th / January, 1779. / One Dollar." printed; "28917" written in ink top; D Wister signature bottom with illegible signature; seal left, weighted basket atop acanthus plant, part in red ink, "DEPRESSA RESURGIT" printed border; "OF NORTH AMERICA / ONE DOLLAR ONE DOLLAR" printed top border; "OF NORTH ONE DOLL. AMERICA" printed bottom border; "The United States / ONE DOLLAR" printed left border, part in red ink; "THE UNITED STATES" printed right border.
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-3.7 W-2.9 inches
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Collection
- Subjects:
- Banking, Bank notes, Leaves, Baskets, Plant
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