Paper Money

Banknote

Vermont Historical Society

Name/Title

Paper Money

Entry/Object ID

1991.48.2

Description

Paper money for 1 shilling and 3 pence. The serial number is illegible. One side has the inscription, "The possessor of this BILL shall be paid by the Treasurer of the State of Vermont One Shilling and Three Pence, in Silver at Six Shillings and Eight Pence per Ounce, by the first Day of June, A. D. 1782. By order of Assembly, Windsor, February, 1781." The other side is printed with the inscription, "Fifteen Pence / Death to counterfeit. / WESTMINSTER: Printed by Spooner and Green. 1781."

Acquisition

Accession

1991.48

Source or Donor

Partridge, Sanborn (1915-2013)

Acquisition Method

Gift

Made/Created

Bureau

State of Vermont

Date made

1781

Place of Origin

Town

Westminster

County

Windham County

State/Province

Vermont

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America

Designer or Engraver

Spooner and Green

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

Dimensions

Height

3-3/4 in

Width

2-7/8 in

Composition

Material

Paper

Relationships

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