Object Record
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Metadata
Object Name |
Note, United States |
Title |
Continental Currency Note |
Object ID |
1976.002.002 |
Description |
1778 currency note for eight dollars, framed. Front says note was issued by U.S. Congress in Philadelphia after September 26, 1778. Number in top left is blank. Stamp with a lyre and a Latin "Majora Noribus Consanant." Signature in bottom right corner. Back also notes "Eight Dollars" and has a print of three leaves. Bottom reads "Printed by Hall and Sellers, 1778." |
Collection |
Museum Objects |
Search Terms |
Currency Money Philadelphia Revolutionary War |
Subjects |
Businesses Revolutionary War |
Year Range from |
1778 |