Currency
- Title:
- 20 Shilling Pennsylvania Note
- Object Name:
- Currency
- Creator:
- Hall and Sellers
- Date:
- 1773
- Material:
- Paper, Ink
- Dimensions:
- H-4.75 L-21 Dia-7 inches
Dimensions of Frame 8.5w" by 7h" and .5" deep. - Description:
- Currency : Twenty Shilling note No. 19648 (handwritten in ink) " Twenty Shillings / According to an Act of General / assembly of Pennsylvania, passed in the 13th year of / the Reign of His / Majesty GEORGE / the Third. Dated / the First Day of Oc- / tober, 1773. / Twenty Shill. / (signed) J. Pemberton / Benj l Marshall / R. Keen." Note has a farming scene on the back. The number of crowns printed on the note corresponds to the denomination- higher notes get more crowns.
Currently framed with another twenty shilling note. See 2011.140 - Provenance:
- This is a twenty shilling note printed in Pennsylvania. It is possible that the owner of this note exchanged one type of currency for another. This note was printed in the colony before the start of the American Revolution and had to have approval by the British monarchy. The note has not been punch cancelled.
- People:
- Hall and Sellers
- Place of Origin:
- Pennsylvania
- Collection Name:
- Society of the Cincinnati in the State of New Hampshire
- Item Number:
- 2011.141
- Accession Number:
- 2011.141
- Type of Material:
- Objects
- Copyright Statement:
- For information regarding copyright, permissions, and reproductions contact the American Independence Museum
- Credit Line:
- American Independence Museum
- Participating Organization:
- American Independence Museum
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