Currency
- Object Name:
- Currency
- Object ID:
- 2012.500.095
- Creator:
- Toppan, Carpenter Company
- Place of Origin:
- Concord, NH
- Date:
- 1857
- Description:
- Currency. Bank Note. Engraving, printed on paper. Obverse: "No. B / THE Union Bank / Will pay FIVE DOLLARS to bearer / ON D...MAND. / Cashr. Prest. / NEW HAMPSHIRE" printed; "TOPPAN, CARPENTER Co. / Philad. New Yk. Boston." fine print bottom; "CITY OF CONCORD" printed right; "April ... 57" written in ink right; A C Peirce, G B Chandler's signatures bottom; "5" printed in decorative circles top corners; "FIVE" printed red ink center; Revolutionary scene, man, woman with muskets behind rock left; John Quincy Adams' portrait right; port city scene, steamboat landing, railroad depot, people, horses and carriages center. Reverse: "... / Oct 12th / 1867" written in ink center.
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-3 W-7.2 inches
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Collection
- People:
- Adams, John Quincy (1767-1848)
- Subjects:
- Banking, Bank notes, Railroad depots, Steamboats, Horses, Muskets, Women
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