Currency
- Object Name:
- Currency
- Object ID:
- 2012.500.119
- Creator:
- Toppan, Carpenter Company
- Place of Origin:
- Bangor, ME
- Date:
- 1863
- Description:
- Currency. Bank Note. Engraving, printed on paper. Obverse: "STATE OF MAINE. / No. 2356 C / Bangor October 1 1863 / THE EASTERN BANK / Will pay to the bearer on demand / FIVE DOLLARS / Cashr. Prest." printed; "Toppan Carpenter Co. Philada New York" fine print bottom; ... Mills and AM(?) Roberts' signatures bottom; "FIVE" printed red ink bottom, "FIVE" printed black ink atop; "5" printed in decorative circles left, right sides; eagle holding arrows looking out to see left; steamboat steaming right; horse bottom; woman center standing before seaport, ship sailing, buildings; thin black border. Reverse: "MAINE" stamped out with red ink.
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-2.8 W-6.8 inches
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Collection
- Subjects:
- Banking, Bank notes, Eagle, Arrows, Oceans, Women, Seaports, Ship, Horses, Steamboats
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