Currency
- Object Name:
- Currency
- Object ID:
- 2012.500.108
- Creator:
- Reed Stiles
- Place of Origin:
- Keene, NH
- Date:
- 1821
- Description:
- Currency. Bank Note. Engraving, printed on paper. Obverse: "The President Directors and / Company of the Cheshire Bank promise to pay / or bearer FIVE dollars on demand. / No. Keene, N. Hampshire 18 B. / Cashr. Prest." printed; "Reed Stiles" fine print bottom; "JR" written in ink top left; "J Lord" written in ink left; "907" written in ink left; "Nov. 7 21" written in ink right; N. Dana and Sam. Grant's signatures bottom; "5" printed in floral, decorative circle left and right top; "FIVE." printed left and right top; "5" printed over "FIVE" bottom center; center two seated women with branch, sickle, two sheep to right, river to left, eagle stands on State seal between women; "FIVE DOLLARS. / FIVE" printed vertically left side, "5" printed in decorative circles either side; "FIVE 5 FIVE" printed vertically in decorative circles and rectangle right side; thin black border; large ink "X" center. Reverse: text written in ink top.
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-2.8 W-6.7 inches
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Collection
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