Currency

Object/Artifact

Historic Hudson Valley

Name/Title

Currency

Entry/Object ID

VC.2005.36

Description

A twenty dollar Rhode Island legal tender bill of credit: Front side has borders on four sides; top border has "TWENTY DOLLARS" on a lined ground; right border has a alternating broad triangle and semicircle-with-circle pattern; bottom border has a ribbon and urn pattern; left border on a ground similar to right border has "TWENTY Dollars" and a shift in the top half of the capital letters to the right about 1/16"; paper contains mica flakes and blue fibers and a watermark "CONFEDE- / RATION"; under top border are two rows of print over a straight line "STATE of Rhode-Island and / Providence Plantations."; below is handwritten currency number "684" in red ink and rows of print "TWENTY DOLLARS. / The Possessor of this Bill shall be paid(in script) / TWENTY Spanish milled DOLLARS by the / Thirty-first Day of December(in script), One Thousand Seven Hun- / dred and Eighty-six, with Interest in like Money, at the / Rate of Five per Centum per annum(in script), by the State of Rhode- / Island(in script) and Providence(in script) Plantations, acording to an acˆt of / the Legislature of the said State, of the Second Day of / July, 1780."; below on the bottom left corner within a border of staff & bar and geometric shapes is printed in three rows "Interest(in script). S. d. q. / Annually, 6 0 0 / Monthly, 0 6 0"; next to this are the signitures "C Harris" in red ink and "M Bowler" in brown ink; on back the top border is a horizontal lined ground with red ink rectangle with "The United States( in script) / Twenty Dol.(in fancy script)"; right border has a urn-on-stand and wave pattern; bottom border has a banner "THE UNITED STATES" on a background with "20" and "D" within a leafy swirl; left border is a row of urns on a line; in center on a dark background with hand drawn diagonal lines and dots is a circular emblem with a red ink square; within emblem which is oriented with top towards right border is a mythic god blowing up waves and the motto "VI CONCITAE.(It assaults with a violent force)"; below center print in rows is "Printed by HALL and SELLERS. / THE UNITED STATES ensure the Pay- / ment of the within BILL, and will draw / Bills of Exchange for the Interest annually, / if demanded, accordind to a Resolution of / CONGRESS, of the 18th of March, 1780."; there is no guaranty signer on back.

Collection

Van Cortlandt Manor Object Collection

Made/Created

Manufacturer

Hall & Sellers

Notes

Date made: July 2,1780

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Inscription

Transcription

See description.

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Overall

Height

2-3/4 in

Width

3-1/2 in

Dimension Notes

Display Dimensions: 2 3/4 x 3 1/2 in. (7 x 8.9 cm)

Material

Paper (laid), ink, mica flakes, blue fibers, watermark

Condition

Notes

Remarks: On back 1/2" scotch tape pieces on left edge at 3/8" and 3 1/4" from top; surface discoloration.

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Caleb Harris

Notes

Signer

Person or Organization

Metcalf Bowler

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