Name/Title

1776 six dollars

Entry/Object ID

2024.08.27.04

Collection

Bank notes

Made/Created

Bureau

Continental Congress

Date made

Feb 17, 1776

Time Period

18th Century

Place of Origin

City

York

State/Province

Pennsylvania

Continent

North America

Designer or Engraver

Hall & Sellers

Banknote Details

Serial Number

2623

Obverse

Transcription

The United Colonies. Six Dollars No. 2623 This bill entitles the bearer to receive six Spanish milled Dollars, or the value thereof in gold or silver, according to a resolution of Congress, passed at Philadelphia February 17, 1776. [illegible signatures]

Reverse

Transcription

Six Dollars. Philadelphia: Printed by Hall and Sellers. 1776.

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Money, Paper

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Money

Nomenclature Class

Exchange Media

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Getty AAT

Concept

money (objects), paper money

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Currency

Dimensions

Height

3-3/4 in

Width

2-15/16 in

Location

Location

Container

Display Case 104

Room

Charles Whipple Greene Historical Collection

Building

George Hail Free Library

Date

May 6, 2025

Notes

Item encased in "FRAME 1"

Location

Box

Box 11

Room

Director's Office

Building

George Hail Free Library

Date

August 27, 2024

Provenance

Notes

Based on card found in Historical Card Catalog, this item may also have been gifted from R.M. Cole.

Exhibition

Warren During the Revolutionary War

Create Date

August 27, 2024

Update Date

July 17, 2025