Currency
- Object Name:
- Currency
- Object ID:
- 2021.018.02
- Place of Origin:
- New Hampshire
- Date:
- 1775
- Description:
- Currency. Bank Note. Engraving, printed on paper. Obverse: "Three Shillings. / COLONY OF / NEW HAMPSHIRE No. 1654 JULY 25. 1775. / The Possessor of this NOTE shall be intitled to receive out of / the Treasury of this Colony, the Sum of three shillings Lawful / Money on the 20th of December 1779; and this Note shall be / received in all Payments at the Treasury at any Time after / the Date hereof. / Receiver General." Thompson and Nich. Gilman's signatures at bottom. Decorative border.
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-2.3 W-5.5 inches
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Mike Pride
- People:
- Gilman, Nicholas (1755-1814)
- Subjects:
- Banking, Bank notes
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