Name/Title

1779 four dollar bill

Entry/Object ID

2024.10.31.02

Description

Four Dollar banknote from 1779

Made/Created

Bureau

Continental Congress

Date made

Jan 1779

Place of Origin

City

York

State/Province

Pennsylvania

Continent

North America

Designer or Engraver

Hall & Sellers

Banknote Details

Banknote Type

Federal Reserve Note

Currency

United States Dollar

Denomination

Four

Issuing Authority

United States of America

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Signature

Location

Back of Bill

Transcription

Front of Document: No. Four Dollars The bearer is entitled to receive Four Spanish milled Dollars, or an equal sum in gold or silver, according to a resolution of congress of the 14th January, 1779 FOUR DOLLARS Back of Document: [Wm.] Baker Printed by HALL and SELLERS. 1779. FOUR DOLLARS

Language

ENGLISH

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

paper money, money (objects)

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Currency

Location

Location

Room

Charles Whipple Greene Historical Collection

Building

George Hail Free Library

Date

October 31, 2024

Condition

Overall Condition

Fair

Provenance

Provenance Detail

R.M. Cole

Place

City

Warren

State/Province

Rhode Island

Region

Northeast

Continent

North America

Acquisition Method

Gift

Notes/Remarks

Some cards in Card Catalog indicate an "R.M. Cole" gifted items to the Museum. The Cole family is well-known in Warren.

Exhibitions

Exhibition

Warren During the Revolutionary War

Notes

Item encased in "FRAME 2"

Create Date

October 31, 2024

Update Date

June 3, 2025