Currency

Object Name:

Currency

Object ID:

2012.500.166

Place of Origin:

Portsmouth, NH

Date:

1756

Description:

Currency. Bank Note. Engraving, printed on paper. Sheet of four uncut notes. Note One Obverse: "THIRTY SHILLINGS / No / Province of New Hampshire / This Bill of Thirty Shillings Equal to two Spanish mill'd / Dollars 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 ye third 1755 / By Order of the General Assembly / Jany 1 1756 / June 1" printed in script; "30/s / Crown Point" four corners; "L6 OT"(?) printed in oval top above deer; "Committee" printed vertically right; tree trunk in oval bottom left, text(?); thick border of decorative scrollwork. Note Two Obverse: "THREE POUNDS / No / Province of New Hampshire / This Bill of Three Pounds Equal to Four Spanish mill'd Dollars / 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 / Jany 1 1756 / June 1" printed in script; "60s/ / Crown Point" printed four corners; "L12"(?) printed in oval top with bird wings, swan(?); "Committee" printed vertically right; tree in oval left; thick border of decorative scrollwork. Note Three Obverse: "Fifteen Shillings / No / Province of New Hampshire / This Bill of Fifteen Shillings equal to one 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 / Jany 1 1756 / June 1" printed in script; "15s/ / Crown Point" printed top corners; "15/s / Crown Point" printed bottom corners; "15s/" printed left, right sides; "Committee" printed vertically right; "60"(?) printed in oval top with fox on tree limb; tree trunk in oval bottom left; thick border of decorative scrollwork. Note Four Obverse: "TEN SHILLINGS / No / Province of New Hampshire / This Bill of Ten Shillings equal to two thirds of a Spanish / mill'd Dollar carrying ye 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 ye third 1755 / By Order of the General Assembly / Jany 1 1756 / June1" printed in script; "10s/ / Crown Point" printed four corners; "Committee" printed vertically right; "40 ot"(?) printed in oval top above fox; tree trunk in oval bottom left; 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, Foxes, Deer, Birds