Currency

Object/Artifact

Historic Hudson Valley

Name/Title

Currency

Entry/Object ID

VC.2005.73

Description

A $ 2/3 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-- "Two Thirds of a dollar, acording to a resolution of Congress, passed at Philadelphia february 17, 1776"; Serial number is __9_9 (red ink); 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

Dates: February 17,1776 Date made: ebruary 17,1776

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Overall

Height

2-7/16 in

Width

3-3/16 in

Dimension Notes

Display Dimensions: 2 7/16 x 3 3/16 in. (6.2 x 8.1 cm)

Material

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

Condition

Notes

Remarks: Paper has a horizontal center crease with a tear at the right end of crease; Printing is clear; Discoloration by foxing and three small dark spots.

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