Currency

Object/Artifact

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Historic Hudson Valley

Name/Title

Currency

Entry/Object ID

VC.2005.28

Description

A Forty dollar Continental currency bill: Front side has borders on four sides; top border has "THE UNITED STATES" on a dark background; right border has"CONTINENTAL CURRENCY"(in script) over "FORTY DOLLARS XL" on a dark background with slanted white lines; bottom border in script and capitals "The UNITED States" on a dark variable background; left border on a horizontally lined background has "Continental Currency(in script) / "FORTY DOLLARS" and "40" on a black rectangle; paper contains mica flakes and blue threads; under top border is handwritten currency number "14114" in red ink; rows of print as follows "Forty Dollars / This BILL entitles / the Bearer to re- / ceive Forty Spanish / milled Dollars or / the Value thereof in / Gold or Silver ac- / cording to a Resolu- / tion passed by Con- / gress at Yorktown / 11th April, 1778"; to the left of the text is a cut circular bordered emblem depicting the rays of an all-seeing eye of Providence shining down on an altar with a flame that is surrounded by thirteen stars; on a scroll below is the motto "CONFEDERATION"; below the seal is "XL DOLLARS"; below the text are two signitures of which one is illegible and the other is "A Kempel(?)"; on back within floral and leaf borders is "Forty DOLLARS"; below nature print is "Printed by Hall and Sellers. 1778".

Collection

Van Cortlandt Manor Object Collection

Made/Created

Manufacturer

Ivy Mills, Hall & Sellers

Notes

Date made: April 11,1778

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Inscription

Transcription

(See Description)

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Overall

Height

2-7/8 in

Width

3-11/16 in

Dimension Notes

Display Dimensions: 2 7/8 x 3 11/16 in. (7.3 x 9.4 cm)

Material

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

Condition

Notes

Remarks: On front top right corner is creased and bottom right corner is creased with some print loss along crease; healed vertical crease at 2 1/4" from left edge; ink on banknote number has faded; some print ink loss under "STATES" on bottom border; 1/32" diameter brown spot at 1 11/16" from left border and 2" from top; some print loss on left border on "R" "T" "Y" AND "O" in "FORTY DOLLARS"; on both front and back general surface 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