Currency
- Object Name:
- Currency
- Object ID:
- 2012.500.078
- Creator:
- Perkins, Jacob (1766-1849)
- Place of Origin:
- Amherst, NH
- Date:
- 1808
- Description:
- Currency. Bank Note. Engraving, printed on paper. Obverse: "A FIFTY CENTS No: _ / The President, Directors / and Company of the / HILLSBOROUGH BANK promise / to pay _ or bearer / on demand FIFTY CENTS / AMHERST 18_ / Cash. / Pres." printed; "652" written in ink top; "Win" written in ink center; "... 08" written in ink bottom; D Holmes and L Bell's signatures bottom; "1/2" printed in four corners; "HALF D." printed in ovals alternating with floral garlands around border; thin black line border.
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-2.7 W-3 inches
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Collection
- People:
- Perkins, Jacob
- Subjects:
- Banking, Bank notes
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