Scrip

Banknote

Vermont Historical Society

Name/Title

Scrip

Entry/Object ID

1958.1.1533

Description

Scrip for 25 cents from The Hydeville company. The ground is printed in horizontal red stripes with a large 25 within concentric circles at the center. The words, "CAPITAL $100,000. ALL PAID IN." are oriented vertically on the left edge beside a picture of a man sitting beneath a tree. It has the inscription, "No. INCORPORATED 1849. [1155] / THE HYDEVILLE COMPANY, HYDEVILLE, VT / October 1st, 1862 Willi pay the Bearer of this Check TWENTY FIVE CENTS in currency when presented in sums of even Dollars. [Pitt W. Hyde] Treas. [A. N. Hyde] Pres."

Acquisition

Accession

1958.1

Source or Donor

Rugg, Harold Goddard (1883-1957)

Acquisition Method

Bequest

Made/Created

Bureau

The Hydeville Company

Date made

1862

Place of Origin

Village

Hydeville

Town

Castleton

County

Rutland County

State/Province

Vermont

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America

Designer or Engraver

Seibert & Bros.

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Tertiary Object Term

Scrip

Nomenclature Tertiary Object Term

Note, Private Bank

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Money, Paper

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Money

Nomenclature Class

Exchange Media

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Overall

Height

5 in

Width

2-1/4 in

Composition

Material

Paper