Currency

Object/Artifact

Historic Hudson Valley

Name/Title

Currency

Entry/Object ID

VC.2005.27

Description

An Eight dollar Continental currency bill: front side has borders on four sides; top and bottom border has "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 a vine pattern; paper contains mica flakes and blue threads; under top border is handwritten currency number "73309" in red ink; rows of print as follows "EIGHT DOLLAR / THIS Bill entitles the / Bearer to receive / EIGHT Spanish milled / DOLLARS, or the / Value thereof in Gold / or Silver, acording to / a Resolution of CON- / GRESS, passed at Bal- / timore Feb. 26, 1777"; 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 the text are two signitures (currently unidentified) "F Kelro(?)" in brown ink and "R Tromcuth(?)" 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 "PRINTED BY HALL & SELLERS 1777".

Collection

Van Cortlandt Manor Object Collection

Made/Created

Manufacturer

Ivy Mills, Hall & Sellers

Notes

Date made: February 26,1777

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Inscription

Transcription

(See Description)

Material

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

Condition

Notes

Remarks: On front a vertical crease at 1 3/4" with paper loss notching at both ends and some print loss on both sides; a horizontal crease at 1 3/8" from top with print loss on both sides and paper loss notch on right edge; 1/8"x3/16" print loss at top right corner; corners worn; on back scotch tape on left edge at 1/2" and 3 1/4" from top; 3/16" diameter brown spots at each corner; 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