Currency

Object Name:

Currency

Object ID:

2012.500.159

Place of Origin:

Portsmouth, NH

Date:

1737

Description:

Currency. Bank Note. Engraving, printed on paper. Sheet of four uncut notes. Note One Obverse: "No. THREE SHILLINGS. / This Bill of Thirty Six Pence / 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 Pub- / lick Payments and for any Stock at any time / in the Treasury Portsmouth April the 1st / Anno 1737. By Order of the General / Assembly" printed in script; "COMMITTEE" printed vertically lower right; crowned seal with coat of arms lower left, "HONI SOIT QVI MAL Y PENSE." printed in border; lion's face top border; scroll work around text. Note Two Obverse: "No. A Cronin / This Bill of Five Shillings / Due from the Province of NEW HAMP- / SHIRE 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 / April the 1st Anno 1737 By Order of ye / General Assembly" printed in script; "Committee" printed vertically lower right; crowned seal with coat of arms lower left, "HONI SOIT QVI MAL Y PENSE" printed in border; "GR" printed in open book top border; scrollwork around text. Note Three Obverse: "No. TWO SHILLINGS / This Bill of Two Shillings / Due from the Province of New Hamp- / shire in New England to the Possessor / thereof shall be in Value equal to Mo- / ney and shall be accordingly accepted / by the Treasurer and Receivers Subordi- / nate to him in all Publick Payments and / for any Stock at any time in the Treasury / Portsmouth April the 1st Anno 1737 / By Order of the General / ASSEMBLY" printed in script; "Committee" printed in script vertically lower right; crowned seal with coat of arms lower left, "HONI SOIT QVI MAL Y PENSE" printed in border; heart, two torches, two birds top border; scrollwork around text. Note Four Obverse: "No. AN ANGEL / This Bill of Ten 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 Trea- / surer and Receivers Subordinate to him in / all Publick Payments and for any Stock at / any time in the Treasury. Portsmouth / April the 1st 1737 By Order of the General / Assembly" printed in script; "COMMITTEE" printed vertically lower right; crowned seal with coat of arms lower left, "HONI SOIT QVI MAL Y PENSE" printed in border; eagle top border; scrollwork around text.

Material:

Paper

Dimensions:

H-13.9 W-10 inches

Credit Line:

New Hampshire Historical Society Collection

Subjects:

Banking, Bank notes, Seals, Crowns, Birds, Scrolls (Visual works), heart, Torches, Lions, Eagle