Currency

Object/Artifact

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Historic Hudson Valley

Name/Title

Currency

Entry/Object ID

VC.2005.70

Description

A $1/2 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 half a dollar, acording to a resolution of Congress, passed at Philadelphia february 17, 1776; Serial number is 22588 (red ink); signature is Jn Rilers (or Jn Kriers?) in red ink; 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

2-3/16 in

Width

3-1/16 in

Dimension Notes

Display Dimensions: 2 3/16 x 3 1/16 in. (5.6 x 7.8 cm)

Material

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

Condition

Notes

Remarks: Paper is torn along half of horizontal center fold, dog-eared on bottom left corner & along right edge; Printing is clear but missing along horizontal crease; Discoloration by soiling and foxing.

Notes

Remarks: Paper is torn along half of horizontal center fold, dog-eared on bottom left corner & along right edge; Printing is clear but missing along horizontal crease; Discoloration by soiling and foxing.

Notes

Remarks: Paper is torn along half of horizontal center fold, dog-eared on bottom left corner & along right edge; Printing is clear but missing along horizontal crease; Discoloration by soiling and foxing.

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Jn Rilers

Notes

Signer

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