Currency
- Object Name:
- Currency
- Object ID:
- 2012.500.098
- Creator:
- Danforth, Wright Company
- Place of Origin:
- Epping, NH
- Date:
- 1855
- Description:
- Currency. Bank Note. Engraving, printed on paper. Obverse: "April 2nd, 1855. / The PAWTUCKAWAY BANK / WILL PAY / to the bearer ONE DOLLAR on demand. / EPPING, NEW HAMPSHIRE / C / Cashr. Prest." printed; "Danforth, Wright Co. Boston, New York Philad." fine print bottom; "ONE" printed red ink top; Chas W Sargent, A H Pearson's signatures bottom; "1" printed in decorative circle top right, bottom left corners; "ONE" printed bottom left, right sides; eagle holding arrows, branch atop shield left; Indian woman and child sit beneath tree right; Indian on shield surmounted by eagle, horse on either side.
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-2.9 W-7 inches
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Collection
- Subjects:
- Banking, Bank notes, Eagle, Shields, Indian woman, Indians of North America, Horses
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