Currency
- Object Name:
- Currency
- Object ID:
- 2012.500.112
- Creator:
- New England Bank Note Company
- Place of Origin:
- Meredith, NH
- Date:
- 1835
- Description:
- Currency. Bank Note. Engraving, printed on paper. Obverse: "No. THE President Directors / Co. of / The WINNIPISSIOGEE BANK / promise to pay ONE DOLLAR to or / bearer on demand MEREDITH 18_ / Cashr. Prest. / NEW HAMPSHIRE" printed; "New England Bank Note Co. Patent Stereotype Steel Plate" fine print bottom; "B" printed top; "39" written in ink top; "BT Lawton" written in ink right; "Oct 20 35" written in ink right; (?) Coffin and Daniel Tucker's signatures bottom; "ONE" printed in circle, "ONE" printed repeated around border; "1" printed top corners; "ONE" printed bottom corners; "One Dollar" microletters center; young woman in bonnet standing left; ship at sea right; woman seated center holding rake and sickle with shield and wheat, sea port, trains and ships, commerce.
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-2.7 W-6.7 inches
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Collection
- Subjects:
- Banking, Bank notes, Trains, Ship, Wheat, Rakes, Scythes Sickles, Shields, Women
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