Currency
- Object Name:
- Currency
- Object ID:
- 2016.052.02
- Creator:
- American Bank Note Company
- Place of Origin:
- New York, NY
- Date:
- 1865
- Description:
- Currency. Bank note. Engraving, printed on paper. Obverse: "THE First National Bank OF / PORTSMOUTH / STATE OF / NEW HAMPSHIRE / Will pay / on demand to Bearer / ONE DOLLAR / Portsmouth, N.H. Jany. 2nd, 1865. B / NATIONAL CURRENCY / AMERICAN BANK NOTE CO. N.Y. / THIS NOTE IS / SECURED BY BONDS OF THE / UNITED STATES / DEPOSITED WITH THE U.S. TREASR. AT / WASHINGTON". Large numeral "1", upper right. Image of two classical women in front of pedestal with flame and eagle emblem. Signed "Samuel Lord", Cashier, and "W.H.Y. HACKETT", President. Bank serial number "4481" in red, upper right. Treasury serial number "50157" in red, left. "ONE" and "1" printed numerous times in border. Reverse printed in green and black: images of Landing of the Pilgrims, New Hampshire State Seal, and eagle, with legal text; "ONE", and "1" printed several times.
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-3 W-7 inches
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Thomas Prince
- Subjects:
- Currency, Bank notes, Banks, Pilgrims, Eagle, State seal (NH)
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