Currency

Object Name:

Currency

Object ID:

2012.500.157

Creator:

Gilman, John Ward (1741-1823)

Place of Origin:

New Hampshire

Date:

1775

Description:

Currency. Bank Note. Engraving, printed on paper. Sheet of four uncut notes. Note One Obverse: "Colony of / New Hampshire June 20 1775 / The Possessor of this Note, shall be Entitled to receive out of the Trea- / -sury of this Colony, the sum of Forty shillings lawful money / on the 20th of December 177 with Interest at the Rate of six Pr. / Cent Pr. Annum; And this Note shall be received in all payments / at the Treasury, at any time after the Date hereof, for the / principal sum without Interest, If so paid before the said 20th / Day of December AD. 177 / Receiver General." printed in script; "[No ]" printed top left and center; tree with crossed trunks in bordered rectangle left. Note Two Obverse: "Colony of New Hampshire June 20 1775 / The Possessor of this Note shall be Entitled to receive out of the Treasury / of this COLONY, the sum of Twenty shillings lawful money on the 20th / of December 177 with Interest at the Rate of six Pr. Cent, Pr. Annum; / And this Note shall be received in all payments at the Treasury, at / any time after the date hereof, for the principal sum without / Interest, if so paid before said 20th day of December AD. 177 . / Receiver General." printed in script; "[No ]" printed top left and center; two leaf designs in bordered rectangle left. Note Three Obverse: "Colony of / New Hampshire June 20 1775 / The Possessor of this Note, shall be Entitled to receive out of the Treasury / of this Colony, the sum of Six shillings Lawful Money, on the 20th of / December 177 with Interest at the Rate of six Pr. Cent, Pr. Annum; / And this Note shall be received in all payments at the Treasury, at / any time after the date hereof, for the principal sum without / Interest, if so paid before the said 20th day of December AD. 177 . / Receiver General." printed in script; "[No ]" printed top left and center; squirrel, leafy tree branch in bordered rectangle left. Note Four Obverse: "Colony of / New Hampshire June 20 1775 / The Possessor of this Note, shall be Entitled to receive out of the Trea- / -sury of this Colony, the sum of One shilling lawful Money on the 20th / of December 177 with Interest at the Rate of six Pr. Cent, Pr. Annum; / And this Note shall be received in all payments at the Treasury, / at any time after the Date hereof, for the principal sum without / Interest, if so paid before the said 20th day of December AD. 177 . / Receiver General" printed in script; "[No ]" printed top left and center; large tree, leafy branches in bordered rectangle left.

Material:

Paper

Dimensions:

H-14.5 W-10 inches

Provenance:

Gift of May Nutter, Penacook, NH, 1975.

Credit Line:

New Hampshire Historical Society Collection

People:

Gilman, John Ward (1741-1823)

Subjects:

Banking, Bank notes, Trees, Branches, Leaves, Squirrels