Currency
- Object Name:
- Currency
- Object ID:
- 2012.500.210
- Creator:
- Daniel Fowle
- Place of Origin:
- New Hampshire
- Date:
- 1775
- Description:
- Currency. Bank Note. Engraving, printed on paper. Obverse: "COLONY OF / NEW HAMPSHIRE No. NOVEMBER 3. 1775 / THE Possessor of this NOTE shall be / intitled to receive out of the TREASURY of this / Colony the sum of TWO POUNDS Lawful Money, / ON THE 20th OF DECEMBER 1780. / And this NOTE shall be received in all Payments / At the Treasury at any time after the Date hereof. / Receiver General." printed; "Forty Shillings." printed top; "2l." printed top left, right; "T W O P O U N D S" printed top, letters alternating with flowers; "forty shillings printed vertically left; "841" written in ink top; Nich. Gilman and Sam Hobart's signatures bottom in red and black ink; flowers printed around border, throughout note; various other designs printed around border, throughout note.
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-2.7 W-4.8 inches
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Collection
- Subjects:
- Banking, Bank notes, Flowers
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