1776 one-third of a dollar

Banknote

Historical Collection at the George Hail Free Library

Name/Title

1776 one-third of a dollar

Entry/Object ID

2024.08.27.02

Collection

Bank notes

Banknote Details

Obverse

Transcription

No. One Third of a Dollar According to a resolution of Congress, passed at Philadelphia February 17, 1776. One Third [illegible signature]

Reverse

Transcription

One Third of a Dollar Printed by Hal & Sellers in Philadelphia, 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 in

Width

2-3/8 in

Location

Container

Display Case 104

Room

Charles Whipple Greene Historical Collection

Building

George Hail Free Library

Date

May 20, 2025

Condition

Overall Condition

Fair

Web Links and URLs

Harvard University | Continental Currency

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