Currency
- Object Name:
- Currency
- Object ID:
- 2012.500.093
- Creator:
- Toppan, Carpenter Company
- Place of Origin:
- Concord, NH
- Date:
- 1861
- Description:
- Currency. Bank Note. Engraving, printed on paper. Obverse: " THE / UNION BANK / Will pay to Bearer / TWO TWO / Dollars on demand / City of Concord 18 / Cash. Pres. / NEW HAMPSHIRE" printed; "No." printed top left; "A." printed top right; "TOPPAN, CARPENTER Co. / Philad. New Yk. Boston." fine print bottom; "April 2 61" written in ink bottom; A C Peirce, G B Chandler's signatures bottom; "2" printed in decorative circle top corners; "TWO" printed in decorative rectangles bottom corners; "2" printed red ink left, right sides; Charles Carroll's portrait left; Thomas Jefferson's portrait right; soldier, two Indians look at George Washington's bust with Goddess of Liberty center. Reverse: "... / ...1877" written in ink.
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-3 W-7.2 inches
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Collection
- Subjects:
- Banking, Bank notes, Soldiers, Indians of North America, Liberty
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