Continental Currency, Twenty Dollars
DateMay 10, 1775.
Artist/Maker
Hall & Sellers
MediumPaper & ink
Dimensions2 1/2" x 5"
Credit LineGift of the Lasser family
Object number1994-210,20
DescriptionCONTINENTAL CURRENCY. "Twenty Dollars. THIS BILL entitles the Bearer to receive Twenty Spanish milled DOLLARS, or the Value thereof in Gold or Silver, according to the Resolutions of the CONGRESS, held at Philadelphia, the 10th of May, 1775.Signatures: "Thos Barclay, J. M. Nesbitt"
Serial No. "6584"
The marbled-edge paper this note was printed on was supplied by Benjamin Franklin.
MarkingsSignatures: "Thos Barclay, J. M. Nesbitt" Serial No. "6584"
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