Currency

Object Name:

Currency

Object ID:

2012.500.206

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. ...e Dollars. / THE Possesso... ...hall be paid FIVE / SPANISH miile... Thirty-first Day / of December, One Th... ...ndred and Eighty- / six, with Interest in like ...he Rate of Five per / Centum per Annum, by the ... NEW-HAMPSHIRE / according to an Act of the Legislature of the said State, / of the Twenty-ninth Day of April, 1780. / Interest. s. d. q. / Annually, 1 6 0 Monthly, 0 1 2" printed; "FIVE DOLLARS." printed top border; "FIVE DOLLARS" printed in script left border; "2076" written in red ink top; E Robinson, J. McClure and J Pearson's signatures bottom in red and brown ink; thick border with various designs. Reverse: "THE U... ...TES 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 in script bottom border; "D" printed in bottom border; "FIVE / DOLLAR" printed bottom right corner; "THE UNITED STATES / FIVE DOLLARS." printed top in rectangle, red ink overlay; seal center with tree branches, red ink overlay, "SUSTINE VEL ABSTIN..." printed in border; Nich. Gilman's signature bottom in red ink; vine wrapped around pole right border; design left border. "CO...DE / RATION" watermark.

Material:

Paper

Dimensions:

H-2.9 W-3.8 inches

Credit Line:

New Hampshire Historical Society Collection

People:

Dawkins, Henry ( -1786)

Subjects:

Banking, Bank notes, Vine, Tree limbs