Currency
- Object Name:
- Currency
- Object ID:
- 2012.500.117
- Place of Origin:
- Hallowell, ME
- Date:
- 1809
- Description:
- Currency. Bank Note. Engraving, printed on paper. Obverse: "FIVE DOLLARS No. / The President Directors Company of the / HALL AUGUSTA BANK promise to pay / or bearer on demand FIVE DOLLARS / HALLOWELL 18_ / Cashr. Prest." printed; "Patent Sterling Steel Plate" fine print bottom; "77..." written in ink top; "W.P. Rement" written in ink center; "July 4th 09" written in ink center; J Dummer and John O. Page's signatures bottom; "FiveDollars" in microletters center; "FIVE" printed in banner alternating with floral garlands top, bottom borders; "5" printed in oval with floral garland border, "v" printed in circles left and right side of oval, left and right sides of bill; "K" printed in circle, "PATENT" and "FIVE" printed in banners surrounding circle, left and right sides of bill; early Massachusetts State Seal with Indian man left with darkened background. Reverse: "CHECK PLATE" printed vertically center, "B" printed in circles both sides; "PATENT" printed in long ovals left and right sides; "CHECK" printed in banner alternating with floral garlands left and right sides; several ovals with mixed letters both sides.
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-2.7 W-6.7 inches
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Collection
- Subjects:
- Banking, Bank notes, State seals, Indian man, Flowers
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