Currency

Object Name:

Currency

Object ID:

2012.500.205

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. Four Dollars. / THE Possessor of this BILL shall be paid FOUR / Spanish milled DOLLARS by the Thirty-first / Day of De...r, One Thousand Seven Hundred and / Eighty... ...terest in LIKE MONEY, at the Rate / of Fi... per Annum, by the State of NEW- / HAM... ...ing to an Act of the Legislature of / the s... Twenty-ninth Day of April, 1780. / Interest. s. d. q. / Annually, 1 2 2 / Monthly, 0 1 1" printed; "FOUR DOLLARS" printed top border; "FOUR DOLLARS 4d" printed left border; "1992" written in red ink top; J Pearson, E Robinson and J. McClure's signatures bottom in red and brown ink; thick border with various designs. Reverse: "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 by HALL and SELLERS." printed; "THE UNITED STATES" printed bottom border; "four dollars / The United States" printed in script in rectangle top with red ink overlay; "4" printed top right; seal center with image, red ink overlay, "...RS AUT VITA DECORA." printed in border; John Taylor Gilman's signature bottom; vine wrapped around pole left, right borders; "CONFEDE / ...TION" watermark.

Material:

Paper

Dimensions:

H-2.9 W-3.7 inches

Credit Line:

New Hampshire Historical Society Collection

People:

Dawkins, Henry ( -1786)

Subjects:

Banking, Bank notes, Vine