Currency

Object/Artifact

Historic Hudson Valley

Name/Title

Currency

Entry/Object ID

VC.2005.53

Description

A $2 Continental currency bill: front side has four cut borders; within a cut bordered emblem is grain being threashed with a flail with the motto "Tribulatio ditat" (It is enriched by affliction); text as follows-- "Two Dollars / This bill entitles the bearer to receive Two Spanish milled dollars, or the value thereof in Gold or silver, according to a Resolution of CONGRESS, passed at Philadelphia November 29,1775"; Serial number is 60117 (red ink); signatures are Tho Smith and Wm Culpin (?); on back within a floral border cut is a nature print of rasberry and filbert leaves and text "Printed by Hall & Sellers in Philadelphia. 1776".

Made/Created

Manufacturer

Hall & Sellers

Notes

Date made: November 29,1775

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Overall

Height

2-15/16 in

Width

3-3/4 in

Dimension Notes

Display Dimensions: 2 15/16 x 3 3/4 in. (7.5 x 9.5 cm)

Material

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

Condition

Notes

Remarks: Paper is dog-eared, chipped, a center creaseline, and has has small tears; Printing is clear but missing along center crease; Discoloration by smdge marks and soiling thoughout.

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Thomas Smith

Notes

Signer

Person or Organization

William Culpin

Notes

Signer

General Notes

Note Type

Curatorial Remarks

Note

Currency Collection from envelope found in closet at Bellwood library by Catalina Hannan about 2002-2003. Front of envelope is labeled "Genealogy: children of Pierre & Joanna Van Cortlandt / Pierre Van Cortland (sic) letter 2 Apr 1789". Upper left corner has an envelope return address "Bland Gallery Inc. / 45 East 57th Street / New York". Next to return address is written and then crossed out "Pedigree of desk-etc".

Note Type

StorageNote

Note

Home Location: Historic Hudson Valley, Union Church, Storage, Shelf 14A

Note Type

Department

Note

Curatorial