Currency
- Object Name:
- Currency
- Object ID:
- 2012.500.102
- Creator:
- Danforth, Wright & Company
- Place of Origin:
- Exeter, NH
- Date:
- 1855
- Description:
- Currency. Bank Note. Engraving, printed on paper. Obverse: "No. A. / THE EXETER BANK / Will pay TWO DOLLARS to the bearer / on demand. EXETER, December 3rd 1855 / Cashr. Prest." printed; Jas M Lovering, Lou Seammon's signatures bottom; "Danforth, Wright & Co. Boston, New York & Philad." printed vertically left; "TWO DOLLARS" printed vertically left and right borders; "TWO DOLLARS" microletters center; "TWO" microletters around borders; "STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE" printed top border; "2" printed in decorative circles top left, right sides; Lewis Cass' portrait bottom left; two seated women representing Commerce, Industry, sickle sheaves, ships center. Reverse: "JB / 1/37/7" written in ink top; "9/26" written right.
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-2.9 W-6.9 inches
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Collection
- People:
- Cass, Lewis (1782-1866)
- Subjects:
- Banking, Bank notes, Ships, Scythes & Sickles, Sheaves, Allegories, Commerce, Industry
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