Currency
- Object Name:
- Currency
- Object ID:
- 2012.500.087
- Creator:
- New England Bank Note Company
- Place of Origin:
- Claremont, NH
- Date:
- 1849
- Description:
- Currency. Bank Note. Engraving, printed on paper. Obverse: "THE PRESIDENT. / No. C / THE CLAREMONT BANK / promise to pay FIVE DOLLARS to or / bearer on demand CLAREMONT 18 / Cash. Pres. / NEW HAMPSHIRE" printed; "New England Bank Note Co. Boston." fine print bottom; "DIREC / TORS / and" printed in banner left; "COMP / ANY / OF" printed in banner right; "FiveDollars" printed repeated text in rectangle, "FIVE" printed on top; "520" written in ink top; N Farwell written in ink center; "Apr 9 49" written in ink bottom; Dunn, Ambrose Gosset's signatures bottom; "5" printed in circles, four corners; "FIVE" printed in ovals left and right sides; "V" printed left and right sides; eagle, rake, plow, cannon, anchor, chests, background ships center.
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-2.9 W-6.9 inches
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Collection
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