Currency
- Object Name:
- Currency
- Object ID:
- 2002.023.20
- Place of Origin:
- NH
- Date:
- 1775
- Description:
- Currency. Bank Note. Engraving, printed on paper. Obverse: "Three Pounds. / COLONY OF / NEW HAMPSHIRE No. AUGUST 24. 1775 ae ae / THE Possessor of this NOTE shall be / intitled to receive out of the Treasury of this / Colony the Sum of THREE POUNDS Lawful Money, / ON THE 20th OF DECEMBER 1777. / And this NOTE shall be received in all Payments / At the Treasury at any time after the Date hereof. / Receiver General." printed; "3l." printed top left, right; "T H R E E
P O U N D S" printed top, letters alternating with flowers; "three pounds" printed vertically left; "3271"(?) written in ink top; Nich. Gilman and E Thompson's signatures bottom; flowers around border; scrollwork design top border; designs left, right borders. - Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-2.8 W-5 inches
- Provenance:
- Part of the Perry-Dudley Family Archive and Shepard Collection.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Henry B. Shepard, Jr., in memory of Mr. Shepard's mother and maternal grandmother
- Subjects:
- Banking, Bank notes, Flowers
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