Currency

Object Name:

Currency

Object ID:

2012.500.203

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. TWO DOLLARS. / THE Po... ...ILL shall be paid TWO / Spanish ...LARS by the Thirty first / Day of Dece... ...usand Seven Hundred and / Eighty-six, w... like Money, at the Rate / of Five per C... ...um, by the State of New- / Hampshire, acco... Act of the Legislature of the / said State, of the Twenty-ninth Day of April, 1780. / Interest, s. d. q. / Annually, 0 7 1 / Monthly, 0 0 2 1/2" printed; "Two Dollars" printed top border; "TWO DOLLARS" printed in script left border; "7..." written in red ink top; E Robinson, J Pearson and J McClure's signatures bottom in red and brown ink; "II" printed in rectangle top left; "D" printed in rectangle top right; fleur-de-lis text border bottom left; two headed arrow bottom border; design right border. Reverse: 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 by HALL and SELLERS." printed; "THE UNITED STATES" printed bottom border; "The United States / TWO DOLLARS. 2" printed top in rectangle, red ink overlay; "II" printed top right corner; seal center with image, red ink overlay, "TRIBULATIO DITAT." printed in border; John Taylor Gilman's signature bottom in red ink; design left, right borders. CONFEDERATION watermark.

Material:

Paper

Dimensions:

H-2.8 W-3.6 inches

Credit Line:

New Hampshire Historical Society Collection

People:

Dawkins, Henry ( -1786)

Subjects:

Banking, Bank notes, Arrow, Fleur-de-lis