Currency
- Object Name:
- Currency
- Object ID:
- 2012.500.113
- Creator:
- Rawdon, Wright, Hatch Edson; New England Bank Note Company
- Place of Origin:
- New Ipswich, NH
- Date:
- 1863
- Description:
- Currency. Bank Note. Engraving, printed on paper. Obverse: "No. A / THE New Ipswich Bank / Will pay FIVE DOLLARS on demand / to the bearer December 15th, 18 / Cashr. Prest." printed; "NEW IPSWICH / 5" printed bottom; "Rawdon, Wright, Hatch Edson New-York. New England Bank Note Co. Boston." fine print bottom; "ABE" printed bottom left; "63" written in ink bottom; G Barrett and J (?) Chandler's Signatures bottom; "NEW-HAMPSHIRE" printed top left corner; "FIVE" printed top; "5" printed in decorative circles top right, bottom left corners; New Hampshire State Seal bottom right corner; woman in robes suspended with shield and eagle clutching arrows top left corner; large printed "5" center; "FIVE" printed red ink bottom; "Counterfeit / Capital Bank / Dec 23 186... S..." written in ink center.
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-2.8 W-6.9 inches
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Collection
- Subjects:
- Banking, Bank notes, Ship, Shields, Women, Arrows, State seal (NH)
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