Currency

Object/Artifact

Historic Hudson Valley

Name/Title

Currency

Entry/Object ID

VC.2005.24

Description

An eight dollar Continental currency bill: Front side has borders on four sides; top and bottom borders have "VIII DOLLARS / The United Colonies"(in script) / "VIII EIGHT DOLLARS" on a black background; left and right borders have "EIGHT VIII DOLLARS" on black background / "CONTINENTAL CURRENCY" with backward slant letters / "EIGHT DOLLARS" within vine pattern; paper contains mica flakes and blue threads; under top border is handwritten currency number "7687" in fading red ink; rows of print as follows "EIGHT DOLLARS / THis Bill entitles the / bearer to receive EIGHT Spanish milled / DOLLARS, or the / Value thereof in Gold / or Silver, according to / a Resolution of CON- / GRESS, passed at Phi- / ladelphia, July 22,1776"; to the left of the text is a cut circular bordered emblem depicting a harp with thirteen strings with the motto "MAJORA MINORIBUS CONSONANT (the larger are in harmony with the smaller)"; below the seal is "EIGHT DOLLARS"; below text are two signitures currently unidentified "J M Mafrey(?)" in brown ink and "Ia Crhn(?)" in red ink; on back within a floral and chain border is a nature print of leaves; below top border is "EIGHT DOLLARS"; below nature print is "PHILADELPHIA"(IN SCRIPT) / "PRINTED BY HALL & / SELLERS 1776".

Collection

Van Cortlandt Manor Object Collection

Made/Created

Manufacturer

Hall & Sellers, Ivy Mills

Notes

Date made: July 22,1776

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Inscription

Transcription

(See Description)

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Overall

Height

3 in

Width

3-13/16 in

Dimension Notes

Display Dimensions: 3 x 3 13/16 in. (7.6 x 9.7 cm)

Material

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

Condition

Notes

Remarks: On front vertical crease at 1 7/8" from left side with some print loss along crease on both sides of paper and paper loss notches at ends of crease; right bottom corner crease and smaller right top corner crease; ragged top edge; on back two brown spots on bottom border at 2 5/8" and 2 7/8"; print loss at several points within nature scene rectangle; general discoloration.

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Unknown

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