Currency

Title:

7 Dollar Continental Currency Note

Object Name:

Currency

Creator:

Hall and Sellers

Date:

1778

Material:

Paper, ink

Dimensions:

H-4.75 L-21 Dia-7 inches

Description:

Seven Dollar Continental paper currency from 1778. The front has text around the outside: "The United States; Continental Currency; The United States; Continental Currency" Within that border are variations on "Seven Dollars". On the inside left is a large seal with the title, "SERNABIT" WITH "No. 268?88 [number is handwritten in brown ink, and the fourth digit is illegible] SEVEN DOLLARS." above and "SEVEN DOLLARS" below. To the right of the seal reads: THIS Bill entitles the Bearer to receive SEVEN SPANISH milled DOLLARS, or the Value thereof in Gold or Silver, according to a Resolution passed by CONGRESS, at PHILADELPHIA, September 26th 1778." Two illegible signatures appear below the text. The back of the bill has a double leaf design, with "SEVEN DOLLARS" written above and "Printed by Hall and Sellers. 1778." written below. There is a decorative border flanking the text.

Provenance:

The image on the note is of a severe storm at sea. Paired with this is the Latin word 'Serenabit' which translates to 'It will calm down' in an attempt to give hope to the colonists during the Revolutionary War, that the fighting would soon cease and peace would follow. Continental Currency printed between Sept. 1778 and July 1779 were authorized by 9 seperate Resolutions of Congress passed in those dates.

Subjects:

Currency, Money

People:

Hall, Sellers

Place of Origin:

Philadelphia

Collection Name:

Society of the Cincinnati in the State of New Hampshire

Item Number:

2003.004

Accession Number:

2003.004

Type of Material:

Objects

Copyright Statement:

For information regarding copyright, permissions, and reproductions contact the American Independence Museum

Credit Line:

Society of the Cincinnati in the State of NH

Participating Organization:

American Independence Museum