Currency

Object Name:

Currency

Object ID:

2012.500.156

Creator:

Dummer, Jeremiah

Place of Origin:

Portsmouth, NH

Date:

1717

Description:

Currency. Bank Note. Engraving, printed on paper. Sheet of four uncut notes. Note One Obverse: "L S / no ( ) III=I0 / L S / no ( ) III=I0 / This Indented Bill of three / Pounds & ten Shillings Due from ye Province / of New HampE in New England to ye Possessor / thereof shall be in value equal to Money and / shall be accordingly accepted by the Treasurer / and Receivers subordinate to him in all Pub= / lick payments & for any stock at any time in ye / Treasury. Portsmouth the Twentyeth of May / 1717. By Order of the General Assembly. 1722 / 1724 / 1725 / 1726 / 1727 / tee / Com= / 1729" printed; English Arms with three lions and crown lower left, "HONI SOIT QVI MAL Y PENSE." printed in border; pine tree and scroll design lower right; woven line design top. Note Two Obverse: "L / No ( ) IIII / L / No ( ) IIII / This Indented Bill of Four / Pounds Due from the Province of New / Hampshire in New England to the Possessor / thereof shall be in value equal to Money and / shall be accordingly accepted by the Treasurer / and Receivers subordinate to him in all publick / payments and for any stock at any time in the / Treasury. Portsmouth the Twentyeth of May / 1717. By Order of the General Assembly. / 1722 / 1724 / 1725 / 1726 / 1727 / tee / Com / 1729" printed; English Arms with three lions and crown lower left, "HONI SOIT QVI MAL Y PENSE." printed in border; Indian man with bow and arrow, scroll design lower right; woven line design top. Note Three Obverse: "S / No ( ) 30 / S / No ( ) 30 / THIS INDENTED BILL of / Thirty Shillings Due from the Province of New / HampE in New England to the Possessor thereof / shall be in Value equal to Money and shall be / accordingly accepted by the Treasurer and / Receivers subordinate to him in all Publick / payments and for any stock at any time in the / Treasury. Portsmouth the Twentyeth of May / Anno 1717. By Order of the General Assembly. 1722 / 1724 / 1725 / 1726 / 1727 / tee / Com= / 1729" printed; English Arms with three lions and crown lower left, "HONI SOIT QVI MAL Y PENSE." printed in border; stag, scroll design lower right; woven line design top. Note Four Obverse: "S / No ( ) 15 / S / No ( ) 15 / This Indented Bill of fifteen shillings / Due from the Province of New Hampshire / in New England to the Possessor thereof shall / be in Value equal to Money and shall be / accordingly accepted by the Treasurer and / Receivers subordinate to him in all Publick / Payments and for any stock at any time in / the Treasury. Portsmo the Twentyeth of May / 1717. By Order of the General Assembly. / 1722 / 1724 / 1725 / 1726 / tee / Com= / 1727 / 1729" printed; English Arms with three lions and crown lower left, "HONI SOIT QVI MAL Y PENSE." printed in border; cod fish center; scroll design lower right; woven line design top.

Material:

Paper

Dimensions:

H-13 W-8 inches

Credit Line:

New Hampshire Historical Society Collection

People:

Dummer, Jeremiah (1645-1718)

Subjects:

Banking, Bank notes, Indian man, Pine trees, Stag, Codfish, England, Seals, Lions, crown