Currency

Object Name:

Currency

Object ID:

2012.500.208

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. EIGHT DOLLARS. / THE Possessor of the Bill shall be paid / EIGHT Spanish milled DOLLARS by the Thirty-first / Day of December, O... Seven Hundred and Eigh- / ty-six, with Interest .. at the Rate of Five / per Centum per Annu... ...f NEW-HAMPSHIRE, / according to an Act ...re of the said State, / of the Twenty-ninth ... 1780. / Interest. s. d. q. / Annually, 2 4 3 / Monthly, 0 2 1 1/2" printed; "EIGHT 8 DOLLARS" printed top; "EIGHT DOLLARS" printed in script left border; "760-" written in red ink top; J Pearson, J. McClure and E Robinson's signatures bottom; vine wrapped pole bottom border; thick border with various designs. Reverse: "THE UNITED STA... ...nsure the Pay- / ment of the within BILL, and will draw / Bills of Exchange for the Interest annually, / if demanded, according to a Resolution of / CONGRESS, of the 18th of March, 1780. / Printed by HALL and SELLERS." printed; "THE UNITED STATES" printed in banner bottom border; "VIII DOL." printed bottom border; "THE UNITED STATES / EIGHT DOLLARS" printed in rectangle top, red ink overlay; seal with harp, red ink overlay, "MAJORA MINORIBUS ..." printed in border; Nich. Gilman's signature bottom red ink; vine wrapped poles left, right borders. "CO...DE / RATION" 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, Harps