Currency

Object Name:

Currency

Object ID:

2012.500.163

Place of Origin:

Portsmouth, NH

Date:

1756

Description:

Currency. Bank Note. Engraving, printed on paper. Sheet of six uncut notes. Note One Obverse: "Province of New Hampshire No / This Bill of Seven Shillings Six Pence Equal to Half of a Spanish mill'd Dollar / carrying ye Interest of on pr. Cent pr. Ann. shall be receiv'd into ye Treasury of the / Province of New Hampshire in all publick Payments Portsmouth April / the third 1755 By Order of the General Assembly / June 1 1756" printed in script; "7/6 / Crown Point" printed four corners; "Committee" printed vertically bottom right; "30/s. OT" printed in oval top; bird, branch in beak on ground bottom right; tree, background fort in oval surrounded by leaves, "PRO ARIS FOCIS" printed on tree trunk; thick border of decorative scrollwork. Note Two Obverse: "Province of New Hampshire (No ) / This Bill of Three Shillings Nine Pence Equal to one Fourth of a Spanish mill'd Dollar / Carrying the Interest of one pr. Cent pr. Ann. shall be receiv'd into ye Treasury of The / Province of New Hampshire in all publick Payments Portsmouth / April the 3 1755 By Order of the General Assembly / June 1 1756" printed in script; "3/9 / Crown Point" top corners; "Crown Point 3/9" bottom corners; "Committee" printed vertically bottom right; "15/s OT" printed in oval top; bird with worm in beak right; tree, background fort in oval surrounded by leaves, "PRO ARIS FOCIS" printed on tree trunk; thick border of decorative scrollwork. Note Three Obverse: "Province of New Hampshire No / This Bill of One Shilling Equal to one Fifthteenth of a Spanish mill'd Dollar / Carrying the Interest of one pr. Cent pr. Ann. shall be receiv'd into ye Treasury of ye / Province of New Hampshire in all Publick Payments Portsmouth / April the 3 1755 By Order of the General Assembly / June 1 1756" printed in script; "1/ / Crown Point" printed four corners; "Committee" printed vertically bottom right; "4/s OT" printed in oval top; rabbit on ground right; tree, background fort in oval surrounded by leaves, "PRO ARIS FOCIS" printed on tree trunk; thick border of decorative scrollwork. Note Four Obverse: "Province of New Hampshire (No ) / This Bill of Six Pence Equal to one thirtieth of a Spanish mill'd Dollar carrying the / Interest of one pr. Cent pr. Ann. shall be receiv'd into the Treasury of the Province of / New Hampshire in all publick Payments Portsmouth april ye third / 1755 By Order of the General Assembly / June 1 1756" printed in script; "6 d / Crown Point" printed four corners; "Committee" printed vertically right; "2/s OT" printed in oval top; squirrel on tree branch right; tree, background fort in oval surrounded by leaves left, "PRO ARIS FOCIS" printed on tree trunk; thick border of decorative scrollwork. Note Five Obverse: "Province of New Hampshire (No ) / This Bill of Five Shillings Equal to one third of a Spanish mill'd Dollar carrying / the Interest of one pr. Cent pr. Ann. shall be receiv'd into the Treasury of the Province of / New Hampshire in all publick Payments Portsmouth April the third / 1755 By Order of the General Assembly / June 1 1756" printed in script; "5/s / Crown Point" printed four corners; "Committee" printed vertically right; "20/s OT" printed in oval top; hawk on tree branch right; tree, background fort in oval surrounded by plants, "PRO ARIS FOCIS" printed on tree trunk; thick border of decorative scrollwork. Note Six Obverse: "Province of New Hampshire (No ) / This Bill of Three Shillings Equal to one Fifth of a Spanish mill'd Dollar Carrying the / Interest of one pr. Cent pr. Ann. shall be receiv'd into the Treasury of the Province of / New Hampshire in all publick Payments Portsmouth April the third 1755 / By Order of the General Assembly / June 1 1756" printed in script; "3/s / Crown Point" printed four corners; "Committee" printed vertically right; "12/s OT" printed in oval top; rooster on ground right; tree, background fort in oval surrounded by plants, "PRO ARIS FOCIS" printed on tree trunk; thick border of decorative scrollwork.

Material:

Paper

Dimensions:

H-9.3 W-12.9 inches

Credit Line:

New Hampshire Historical Society Collection

Subjects:

Banking, Bank notes, Scrolls (Visual works), Trees, Branches, Birds, Hawks, Roosters, Rabbits, Squirrels, Roosters, Worms, Forts fortifications