Currency

Object/Artifact

Historic Hudson Valley

Name/Title

Currency

Entry/Object ID

VC.2005.22

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 letters and what appears to be two 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 "95782" 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 but the ink has faded too much to determine the signer's names; on back within a floral boeder is a nature print of skeletonized maple fruit; within top border is "FOUR" IN PRINT AND "dollars" (in script); within bottom border is "Printed by Hall & Sellers, / in Philadelphia 1776."

Collection

Van Cortlandt Manor Object Collection

Made/Created

Manufacturer

Hall & Sellers, Ivy Mills

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, mica flakes, blue thread

Condition

Notes

Remarks: On front a vertical crease at 1 7/8" from left edge and a horizontal crease at 1 7/16" from top; tiny creases at each corner; print loss on bottom border from 1" to 1 1/2" from left edge and 1/16" up; on back minor print loss along the two creases; 1"x1 1/4" light brown spot on lower left side; 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