Currency

Object/Artifact

Historic Hudson Valley

Name/Title

Currency

Entry/Object ID

VC.2005.26

Description

A one third of a dollar New York bill of credit: Front side has borders on four sides; top border has scroll and leafy framing to the words "NEW" "TWO SHILLINGS / AND EIGHT PENCE" "YORK"; right border has a scroll "ONE THIRD OF DOLLAR"; bottom border has floral pattern; left border has an oval and circular framing of "ONE THIRD"(on a dark background) "OF" "A" "DOLLAR"(in script); below top border is the handwritten currency number "13402" in red ink and printed below "ONE THIRD of a DOLLAR / THIS BILL shall pass cur- / rent in all Paymentts in this / Colony, for TWO SHILLINGS / and EIGHT PENCE, (being equal / to One Third of a Spanish Milled / Dollar) or the Value thereof in / Gold or Silver; according to the / Resolution of the Provincial Con- / gress of New-York, on the fifth / Day of March,1776 2s8 / 2s8"; under text are the signitures "Abram Lott(?)" in red ink and "I Abrams(?)" in brown ink; to the right of text is the seal of the city consisting of a windmill and two beavers and two barrels framed by a European, a crown, an Indian and at bottom a banner "SIGILOV NOVERLE"; on back within top leafy border "COLONY OF NEW YORK"; on right border scroll "ONE Third of A DOLLAR"; bottom border is a row of "X"s and flowers; left border in banner "ONE THIRD OF A DOLLAR"; below top border is text in rows "TWO SHILLINGS and EIGHT PENCE / NEW-YORK Currency"(in script) / "ONE THIRD of a DOLLAR / NEW-YORK: / Printed by Samuel Louden, in the Year MDCCLXXVI." ; to the left of the text is an emblem of three linked wreaths with the motto"HIS ORNARI AUT MORI (to be decorated with these or to die)".

Collection

Van Cortlandt Manor Object Collection

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Samuel Loudon

Attribution

Printer

Notes

Date made: March 5,1776

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Inscription

Transcription

(See Description)

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Overall

Height

2-5/8 in

Width

4-5/16 in

Dimension Notes

Display Dimensions: 2 5/8 x 4 5/16 in. (6.7 x 11 cm)

Material

Paper (laid), ink

Condition

Notes

Remarks: On front a vertical crease at 2" from left edge with paper loss notching at each end and print loss along crease on both sides; two scotch tape remnants on top edge at 3/4" and 3" from left edge; 1/8" diameter hole at 3 5/8" from left edge and 1 11/16" down with hole material flap folded back onto front face; 1/2" tear on left edge at 1 1/2" down from top; on back 5/16" glue residue on right edge; 1/16"x5/16" print loss at 1/4" from left edge and 7/16" down; 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