Currency
- Object Name:
- Currency
- Object ID:
- 2012.500.082
- Creator:
- Perkins, Jacob (1766-1849)
- Place of Origin:
- Amherst, NH
- Date:
- 1806
- Description:
- Currency. Bank Note. Engraving, printed on paper. Obverse: "FIVE DOLLARS No. / The President Directors Company of the / HILLSBOROUGH BANK promise to pay _ / or bearer on demand FIVE DOLLARS / AMHERST 18_ / Cash. Pres." printed; "1821" written in ink top; "... Page" written in ink center; "... 06" written in ink bottom; "2" written in ink bottom; D Holmes and Law Bell's signatures bottom; alternating cloth and floral garlands top and bottom borders; "5" printed in oval, floral garlands around, four corners; "C" printed left, right sides; "PATENT" printed vertically left side; "POTIUS COHIBERE QUAM PUNIRE / NEW HAMPSHIRE / QUID LEGES SINE MORIBUS" printed vertically left border.
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-2.7 W-6.7 inches
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Collection
- People:
- Perkins, Jacob
- Subjects:
- Banking, Bank notes, Flowers
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