Currency

Object Name:

Currency

Object ID:

2012.500.160

Place of Origin:

Portsmouth, NH

Date:

1737

Description:

Currency. Bank Note. Engraving, printed on paper. Sheet of four uncut notes. Note One Obverse: "This Bill of One Hundred / 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 according- / -ly accepted by the Treasurer and / Receivers Subordinate to him in all / Publick Payments and for any Stock / at any time in the Treasury Portsmoth. / April the 1st Anno 1737. By Order / of the General Assembly / Augst, 7th. 1740." printed in script; "No" printed top left corner; "L. / V" printed top left, right and bottom left, right; "Committee" printed vertically bottom right; "FIVE POUND." printed in decorative oval top; crowned seal with coat of arms bottom left, "HONI SOIT QVI MAL Y PENSE" printed in border; scrollwork around text. Note Two Obverse: "This Bill of Sixty 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 accept'd / 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 the General / ASSEMBLY / Augst 7th. 1740." printed in script; "No" printed top left corner; "L. / III" printed top left, right and bottom left, right; "Committee" printed vertically bottom right; "THREE POUNDS" printed in decorative oval top; crowned seal with coat of arms bottom left, "HONI SOIT QVI MAL Y PENSE" printed in border; scrollwork around text. Note Three Obverse: "THIS Bill of FORTY 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 / Portsmouth April the 1st Anno 1737 / By Order of the General / Assembly / Augst, 7th. 1740." printed in script; "No." printed top left corner; "S. / 40." printed top left, right and bottom left, right; "Committee" printed vertically lower right; "TWO POUNDS" printed in decorative oval top; crowned seal with coat of arms bottom left, "HONI SOIT QVI MAL Y PENSE" printed in border; scrollwork around text. Note Four Obverse: "This Bill of Twenty 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 the General / Assembly. / Augst, 7th. 1740." printed in script; "N." printed top left corner; "S. / 20" printed top left, right and bottom left, right; "COMMITTEE." printed vertically lower right; "ONE POUND." printed top; crowned seal with coat of arms bottom left, "HONI SOIT QVI MAL Y PENSE" printed in border; scrollwork around text.

Material:

Paper

Dimensions:

H-13.9 W-9.6 inches

Credit Line:

New Hampshire Historical Society Collection

Subjects:

Banking, Bank notes, Seals, Crowns, Scrolls (Visual works)