Currency

Object Name:

Currency

Object ID:

2012.500.207

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. Seven Dollars. / THE P... of this Bill shall be paid / SEVE... ...ed DOLLARS by the Thirty- / first Day of ...housand Seven Hundred and / Eighty-six, ... like Money, at the Rate of / Five per Ce... ... by the State of NEW-HAMP- / SHIRE, acco... ...t of the Legislature of the said / State, of the T... ...nth Day of April, 1780. / Interest. s. d. q. / Annually, 2 1 1 / Monthly, 0 2 0 1/2" printed; "SEVEN DOLLARS" printed top; fleur-de-lis top; "Seven Dollars" printed in script left border; "7 D" printed in script right border; "846"(?) written in red ink top; J. McClure, J Pearson and E Robinson's signatures bottom in red and black ink; thick border with various designs. 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; "D" printed bottom right corner; "THE UNITED STATES / SEVEN DOLLARS" printed in rectangle to, red ink overlay; seal center, image with red ink overlay, "SERENABIT." printed in border; John Taylor Gilman's signature bottom; vine wrapped poles left, right borders. "C...EDE / RATION" 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, Fleur-de-lis