Currency

Object/Artifact

Historic Hudson Valley

Name/Title

Currency

Entry/Object ID

VC.2005.21

Description

A four dollar Continental currency bill: front side has borders on four sides; top border has in print "THE UNITED COLONIES" above (in script) "FOUR DOLLARS"; on left and right borders top row on a dark background has "IV" "FOUR" "DOLLARS"; next row (in script) "Continental Currency"; bottom row in print "FOUR DOLLARS" with plus symbols between some of the letters and a dash-over-three-dots between F and O; bottom border has (over a geometrical black band) in print "THE UNITED COLONIES" above (in script) "FOUR DOLLARS"; paper contains blue threads and mica flakes; under top border is handwritten currency number "100466" in brown ink; rows of print as follows "FOUR DOLLARS / THIS Bill entitles the / Bearer to receive / Four Spanish milled Dol- / lars, or the Value there- / of in Gold or Silver, ac- / cording to a Resolution / of CONGRESS, passed at Philadelphia Februa- / ry 17,1776."; to the right of the text is a cut circular bordered emblem depicting a wild boar charging into a spear with the motto "AUT MORS AUT VITA DECORA (Either death or an honorable life)"; below the seal is "FOUR DOLLARS"; below text are two signitures "J Parker" in brown ink and "G Eraly" in red ink; on back within a floral border is a nature print of skeletonized maple fruit; within top border is "FOUR" in print and "DOLLARS" (in script); within bottom borderis "Printed by Hall & Sellers, / in Philadelphia 1776."

Collection

Van Cortlandt Manor Object Collection

Made/Created

Manufacturer

Ivy Mills, Hall & Sellers

Notes

Date made: February 17,1776

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Inscription

Transcription

See description.

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Overall

Height

2-7/8 in

Width

3-3/4 in

Dimension Notes

Display Dimensions: 2 7/8 x 3 3/4 in. (7.3 x 9.5 cm)

Material

Paper (laid), ink, blue thread, mica flakes

Condition

Notes

Remarks: On front paper loss at bottom right and top left corners; bottom left corner corner has 1/4" paper delamination and creasing; ragged bottom edge with a paper loss notch at 2" from left edge; 1/4"x1/2" brown spot on left border at 1 3/4" from top; 5/16" diameter brown spot at 5/8" from left edge and 2 1/4" from top edge; both spots go through to back side; on back a brown spot at 1 11/16" from left edge and 1" down and at 1 13/16" from left and 1 3/8" down; general surface discoloration.

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

J. Parker

Notes

Signer

Person or Organization

G. Eraly

Notes

Signer

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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