Currency
- Object Name:
- Currency
- Object ID:
- 2012.500.086
- Creator:
- Rawdon, Wright, Hatch Edson; New England Bank Note Company
- Place of Origin:
- Claremont, NH
- Date:
- 1853
- Description:
- Currency. Bank Note. Engraving, printed on paper. Obverse: "STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. / THE / CLAREMONT BANK / Will pay / Three Dollars / A. No. / to the bearer on demand / Claremont, Jany. 1st, 18 / Cash. Pres." printed; "Rawdon, Wright, Hatch Edson, New-York. New England Bank Note Co. Boston." fine print bottom; "3" printed red ink left and right sides; "53" written in ink right; GN Farwell, Ambrose and Gosset's signatures bottom; George Washington's portrait center, floral wreath border; seated woman with wheat left side; seated woman with cornucopia right side; "3" printed in circle with cherub left and right sides; "THREE" printed top corners. Reverse: "R...d / May 2, 1881" written in ink top.
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-2.9 W-7 inches
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Collection
- People:
- Washington, George (1732-1799)
- Subjects:
- Banking, Bank notes, Cherubs, Women, Cornucopias, Wheat
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