Currency

Object/Artifact

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Historic Hudson Valley

Name/Title

Currency

Entry/Object ID

VC.2005.15

Description

Engraved one dollar Maryland currency bill: Front side has border on four sides; top border consists of two rows with a leafy scroll at each end; first row has "MARYLAND" alternating with smaller letters "DOLLAR" with each letter surrounded by 8Xs; second top border row has "T. SPARROW SCULP" with vine design; right border has "DOLLAR" in script within leaf motif; at top of right border is a small clear space with an asterix and dash; bottom border is a row of diamond shapes with a circle on top and bottom and three lines on each side; at center line of row is "1" and "d"; on left border below a symetrical vine-flower-berry pattern is a script "ONE" and printed "DOLLAR" above a row of upside down anchors; there are mica flakes in paper; under top border is "ONE DOLLAR", print of hands on either side of a globe, "No. 712"(handwritten) / THIS IN-DENTED BILL / of ONE DOLLAR, shall entitle the / Bearer hereof to recieve Bills of Exchange payable / in London, or Gold and Silver, at the rate of / four Shillings and six-Pence Sterling per / DOLLAR for the said Bill, according to the Di- / ections of an Act of ASSEMBLY of MA / RYLAND. Dated in Annapolis, this Tenth Day / of April Anno Domini 1774"; in center is an image of the "Sparrow seal"; a man with a shovel stands on one side of an armorial crest with another man standing and holding a fish on the other side; underneath is "CRESCITE ET MULTIPLICAMINI (Increase and multiply)"; at bottom of text is signitures " W Eddis" and "J Clapham"; on back is a nature print of two types of leaves with "I G" on left leaf; at top is "Tis DEATH to Counterfeit", "Printed by A.C. and F. Green"; at bottom "ONE DOLLAR", "Equal to 4s. 0d. Sterling."; left border has a row of embellished circles.

Collection

Van Cortlandt Manor Object Collection

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Anne Catherine Green

Attribution

Printer

Artist

Frederick Green

Attribution

Printer

Artist

Jacob Green

Attribution

Artist

Artist

Thomas Sparrow

Attribution

Engraver

Notes

Date made: April 1,1774

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Inscription

Transcription

See description.

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Overall

Height

2-9/16 in

Width

4-11/16 in

Dimension Notes

Display Dimensions: 2 9/16 x 4 11/16 in. (6.5 x 11.9 cm)

Material

Paper (laid), ink, mica flakes

Condition

Notes

Remarks: On front three vertical creases at 1 5/16", 2 1/2" and 4" from left edge; a paper loss notch at bottom of the first two creases; 1/16" diameter hole at 2 5/8" from left edge and 1 1/4" down from top; two superimposed 1/16" holes at 3 1/4" from left edge and 1 7/16" from top; 1/16" hole at 3 5/16" at from left edge and 2 3/8" from top; on back at top 5/8" tape at 7/8" on center and 3/4" tape at 4" from left edge; 3/8" wide glue residue along right border; surface paper loss of about 1/8" diameter at 5/8" from left and 1 5/8" down; 3/16" loss at 9/16" from left and 2 1/8" down; 1/8" loss at 1 7/16" from left and 7/8" down; 7/16"x7/8" loss at 4 1/4" from left and 7/8" down; seven small loss spots at right border glue residue area; overall surface discoloration.

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

John Clapham

Notes

Signer

Person or Organization

William Eddis

Notes

Signer

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Notes

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General Notes

Note Type

Curatorial Remarks

Note

Source: Box files to SS from PCR 1951-52. Accessioned July 15, 2005; acquired before; Found in Map drawer at Bellwood. General reference information on Colonial currency is in file folder VC.2005.12

Note Type

StorageNote

Note

Home Location: Historic Hudson Valley, Union Church, Storage, Shelf 29B

Note Type

Department

Note

Curatorial