Currency

Object Name:

Currency

Object ID:

2012.500.204

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. Three Dollars. / THE Possessor ... this Bill shall be paid / THREE Sp... ...OLLARS by the Thir- / ty-first Day of De... ...ousand Seven Hundred / and Eighty-six, ...e Money, at the Rate / of Five per Cent... by the State of NEW- / HAMPSHIRE, acc... ...t of the Legislature of / the said State, of the ...ninth Day of April, 1780. / Interest. s. d. q. / Annually, 0 10 3 / Monthly, 0 0 3 1/2." printed; "THREE DOLLARS" printed top border; "Three Dollars" printed in script left border; "2930 _" written in red ink top; E Robinson, J. McClure and J Pearson's signatures bottom; vine wrapped around pole bottom border; design right border. Reverse: "Printed by HALL and SELLERS. / THE UNITED STATES ensure the Payment / of the within Bill, and will draw Bills / of Exchange for the Interest annually, if de- / manded, according to a Resolution of CON- / GRESS, of the 18th of March, 1780." printed; "THE UNITED STATES" printed bottom border; "The United States" printed in script top in rectangle with red ink overlay; "III" printed top right corner; " 3 Doll." printed vertically top right; John Taylor Gilman's signature bottom in red ink; seal center with bird, red ink overlay, "EXITUS IN DUBIO" printed in border; double-headed arrow left border; design right border. CONFEDERATION watermark.

Material:

Paper

Dimensions:

H-2.8 W-3.7 inches

Credit Line:

New Hampshire Historical Society Collection

People:

Dawkins, Henry ( -1786)

Subjects:

Banking, Bank notes, Vine, Bird, Arrow