Currency

Object/Artifact

Historic Hudson Valley

Name/Title

Currency

Entry/Object ID

VC.2005.69

Description

A $1/6 fractional dollar Continental currency bill: front side has four cut borders; within a cut bordered emblem is a sundail with the mottos "Fugio" (I fly) and "Mind your business"; text is as follows-- "One sixth of a dollar, acording to a resolution of Congress, passed at Philadelphia february 17, 1776; Serial number is faded; signature is faded; on back within a floral border cut is emblem of thirteen linked rings representing the colonies and the motto "We are one" and text "Printed by Hall & Sellers in Philadelphia. 1776".

Made/Created

Manufacturer

Hall & Sellers

Notes

Date made: February 17,1776

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Overall

Height

2-3/8 in

Width

3-1/8 in

Dimension Notes

Display Dimensions: 2 3/8 x 3 1/8 in. (6 x 8 cm)

Material

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

Condition

Notes

Remarks: Paper is chipped with peeling on creaseline and tears at ends of horizontal center creaseline; Printing is hard to read in spots and missing along horizontal creaseline; Discoloration by foxing and one stain spot on back.

General Notes

Note Type

Curatorial Remarks

Note

Currency Collection from envelope found in Bellwood library closet by Catalina Hannan about 2002-2003. Front of envelope is labled "Revolutionary Currency (underlined) / Van Cortlandt". In the upper left corner is the return address for "Sleepy Hollow Restorations / on the Tappan Zee Tarrytown, New York".

Note Type

StorageNote

Note

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

Note Type

Department

Note

Curatorial