Paper 4 dollar of Rhode Island, Philadelphia (Pa.), 1780. 0000.999.29078

Canonical URI: http://numismatics.org/collection/0000.999.29078

Physical Description

  • Axis: 3
  • Color: black, red

  • Measurements

    • Height: 73
    • Width: 92
  • SerialNumber: 1489
  • Shape: Rectangle

  • Watermark

Typological Description

  • Object Type: Paper currency
  • Date: 1780

  • Date on Object

    • Date: July 2, 1780
  • Denomination: 4 dollar
  • Manufacture: Printed
  • Material: Paper

  • Authority

  • Geographic

  • Obverse

    • Legend: FOUR DOLLARS \ STATE of RHODE-ISLAND and \ PROVIDENCE PLANTATIONS. | Four Dollars. | THE Possessor of this BILL shall be paid FOUR \ Spanish milled DOLLARS by the Thirty-first \ Day of December, One Thousand Seven Hundred and \ Eighty-six, with Interest in LIKE MONEY, at the Rate \ of Five per Centum per Annum, by the State of RHODE- \ ISLAND and PROVIDENCE PLANTATIONS, according to \ an Act of the Legislature of the said State, of the Second \ Day of July, 1780. | FOUR DOLLARS. | Interest, s. d. q. \ Annually, 1 2 2 \ Monthly, 0 1 1
    • Type: Decorative borders

  • Reverse

    • Legend: Four dollars \ The United States. | THE UNITED STATES ensure the Payment \ of the within BILL, and will draw Bills \ of Exchange for the Interest annually, if de- \ manded, according to a Resolution of CON- \ GRESS, of the 18th March, 1780. | Printed by HALL and SELLERS. | THE UNITED STATES | AUT MORS AUT VITA DECORA.
    • Type: Seal

References

Administrative History

  • Identifier: 0000.999.29078
  • Department: North American
  • Collection: American Numismatic Society

Subjects

  • Series: Rhode Island--Paper Money

Rights

  • CopyrightHolder: American Numismatic Society
  • License: Public Domain Mark (images)
  • Rights: No Copyright - United States

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