Currency
- Object Name:
- Currency
- Object ID:
- 2012.500.110
- Creator:
- New England Bank Note Company
- Place of Origin:
- Lancaster, NH
- Date:
- 1863
- Description:
- Currency. Bank Note. Engraving, printed on paper. Obverse: "THE PRESIDENT, DIRECTORS CO. / THE WHITE MOUNTAIN BANK / Will pay FIVE DOLLARS on demand / to the bearer. LANCASTER / ash. Pres." printed; "A" printed top; "NEW ENGLAND BANK NOTE CO. BOSTON." fine print bottom; "NEW HAMPSHIRE" printed bottom; "5299" written in ink top; "May 18 63" written in ink right; Geo C Williams' signature bottom; "5" printed in decorative circle top right corner; "FIVE" printed in rectangle with circles bottom left corner; girl with basket bottom right corner; eagle atop shield with branch, ship in background top left corner; large "V" printed center with seated woman, cornucopia and cherub; "FIVE DOLLARS" repeated printed top border; thin black line border.
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-2.9 W-6.7 inches
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Collection
- Subjects:
- Banking, Bank notes, Women, Cherubs, Girls, Baskets, Eagle, Shields, Cornucopias, Ship
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