Three shillings and six pence bill from Massachusetts Artist: Unknown

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1779

Numismatics

By appointment, Pratt Study Room
Medium

Paper

Credit Line

Transfer from the Yale University Library, Numismatic Collection, 2001, Gift of Simeon E. Baldwin

Accession Number

2001.87.28223

Geography

Made in Massachusetts

Culture

American

Period

18th century

Classification

Numismatics

Disclaimer

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Numismatics

Obverse Description

Obverse Description: MASSACHUSETTS STATE NO. 1114 THREE SHILLINGS AND SIX-PENCE SHALL BE PAID TO THE BEARER OF THIS BILL BY THE 1ST DAY OF DECEM 1782 AGREEABLE TO AN ACT OF THE GEN COURT OF SAID STATE. Rising sun motif. Signature below.

Reverse Description

Reverse Description: THREE SHILLINGS AND SIX PENCE above pine tree. Below, 1779.
Provenance
Simeon E. Baldwin; Yale University Library, New Haven, Conn., to 2001; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
Additional information

Object/Work type

Massachusetts pound, money, paper money

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