Currency
- Object Name:
- Currency
- Object ID:
- 2012.500.122
- Place of Origin:
- New Hampshire
- Date:
- 1734
- Description:
- Currency. Bank Note. Engraving, printed on paper. Obverse: "PROVINCE / N. HAMPSHIRE / 7S No 7S / WE PROMISE Jointly and Severally to / Pay to Hunking Wentworth Mercht of Portsmo. / or Order the Sum of Seven Shillings on the 25th day / Decr. wch. will be in the year of our LORD one thousand / Seven hundd and forty Six in Silver or Gold at ye then / Currt. price or in passable Bills of Credt. on ye Provs. of N. / Hampr. Massachts. Rhode Island or Connectt. Colo. with / Interest of one p Cent p Ann. from the date hereof / being for value Recd. as Witness our hands 25th of Decr. / 7S A.D. 1734 7S" printed in script; "659" written in ink top; J Rindge, Theodr Atkinson and Geo. Jaffrey's signatures bottom; scrollwork design top; pine tree in seal, "BENEFICIO COMMERCI" printed below. Reverse: Hunking Wentworth's signature bottom; scrollwork design top; schooner center.
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-5.2 W-4.1 inches
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Collection
- Subjects:
- Banking, Bank notes, Pine trees, Ship
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