Currency
- Object Name:
- Currency
- Object ID:
- 2012.500.118
- Creator:
- United States Treasury Department
- Place of Origin:
- Washington, DC
- Date:
- 1868
- Description:
- Currency. Bank Note. Engraving, printed on paper. Obverse: "NATIONAL LINCOLN / MONUMENT ASSOCIATION / Received from for subscription to / the Lincoln Monument in the City of Washington D.C. / ONE DOLLAR. / Washington, 18_" printed; "Treasurer." fine print bottom; "Engraved Printed at the Treasury Department." fine print bottom; "$" printed in shaded rectangle top left; "No." printed in shaded rectangle bottom left; "INCORPORATED BY ACT OF CONGRESS, MARCH 30TH. 1867." printed vertically left; "75" printed in red ink bottom; "1.00" written in ink top; "Henry M. Baker" written in center; "Mar. 30th 68" written in ink bottom; ... Spinner's signature bottom; Abraham Lincoln's portrait left, surrounded by flags, book, inkwell, pen, paper; eagle atop shield bottom; Liberty at shore center, storm at sea, urn with George Washington's portrait, vase, box; sunburst design top, bottom borders.
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-3.4 W-7.5 inches
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Collection
- Subjects:
- Banking, Bank notes, Shorelines, Oceans, Fire, Urns, Liberty, Allegories, Storms, Flags, Book, Eagle, Shields, Lincoln Memorial
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