Currency

Object Name:

Currency

Object ID:

2012.500.202

Creator:

Dawkins, Henry; Hall and Sellers

Place of Origin:

New Hampshire

Date:

1780

Description:

Currency. Bank Note. Engraving, printed on paper. Obverse: "STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. / No. One Dollar. / THE Pos... ...LL shall be paid ONE / SPANIS... ...LAR by the Thirty-first / Day of Decemb... and Seven Hundred and / Eighty-six, with ...ke Money, at the Rate of / Five per Centum p... ...y the State of NEW-HAMP- / SHIRE, according to an Act of the Legislature of the said / State, of the Twenty-ninth Day of April, 1780. / Interest. s. d. q. / Annually, 0 3 2 1/2 / Monthly, 0 0 1 1/4" printed; "ONE DOLLAR." printed top border; "ONE DOLLAR" printed in script left border; "2..." written in red ink top; E Robinson, J McClure and J Person's signatures bottom in red and brown ink; thick border with various designs. Reverse: "Printed by HALL and SELLERS. / THE UNITED STATES ensure the Pay- / ment of the within BILL, and will draw / Bills of Exchange for the Interest annually, if / demanded, according to a Resolution of CON- / GRESS, of the 18th of March, 1780." printed; "THE UNITED STATES" printed bottom border; "The United States / ONE DOLLAR" printed in script top border with red ink overlay; seal center with image and red ink overlay, "DEPRESSA RESURG..." printed in border; John Taylor Gilman's signature bottom in red ink; vine wrapped around pole left, right borders. "CO...DE / RATION" water mark.

Material:

Paper

Dimensions:

H-3 W-3.6 inches

Credit Line:

New Hampshire Historical Society Collection

People:

Dawkins, Henry ( -1786)

Subjects:

Banking, Bank notes, Vine