Currency
- Object Name:
- Currency
- Object ID:
- 2012.500.097
- Creator:
- Toppan, Carpenter Company
- Place of Origin:
- Concord, NH
- Date:
- 1857
- Description:
- Currency. Bank Note. Engraving, printed on paper. Obverse: "No. A. / CITY OF CONCORD 18 / On demand / The Union Bank / Will pay TWENTY DOLLARS to bearer. / Cashr. Prest. / NEW HAMPSHIRE" printed; "TOPPAN, CARPENTER Co. / Philad. New Yk. Boston." fine print bottom; "TWENTY" printed red ink bottom; "April 2 57" written in ink right; A.C. Peirce, G B Chandler's signatures bottom; "20" printed in decorative circles top corners; man feeding horse grass, dog, birds left; milkmaid holding pail, cow, calf, ducks right; blacksmith shop, man and boy forging piece of metal, tools center. Reverse: "Redeemed / March 1869 / paid" written in ink center.
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-3 W-7.1 inches
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Collection
- Subjects:
- Banking, Bank notes, Blacksmith shops, Blacksmiths, Cow milking, Cows, Horses, Dogs, Birds
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