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Summary
Recto_Massachusetts_5 shillings_1779
Author
Fleet, Thomas (1732-1797) producer ; Revere, Paul (1735-1818, American) producer ; Massachusetts, associated name
Title
Recto_Massachusetts_5 shillings_1779
Description
Sun contains a face and is printed on the right side. Interlacing lines in borders.
Date
1779
date QS:P571,+1779-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium
ink on paper
Dimensions
7.9 x 6.5 cm.
Collection
Harvard Business School
Current location
Baker Library
Accession number
MH:VIA W363887_urn-3:HBS.Baker.AC:1086081
Inscriptions
Inscription: "FIVE SHILLINGS. shall be paid to the Bearer of this Bill, by the 1st Day of Decmr. 1782 agreeable to an Act of the Genl, Court of said STATE." ; Within print of sun: "RISING". ; Verso: "FIVE SHILLINGS. BOSTON, 1779."
Notes
Massachusetts, 5 shillings, 1779, 1779. Baker Library, Harvard Business School, Historical Collections, 1-38/2, Mss :78 C 1709-1868 976. American Currency Collection. Recto.
Source/Photographer
Harvard Hollis Images: https://id.lib.harvard.edu/images/olvwork363887/urn-3:HBS.Baker.AC:1086081/catalog - Harvard Digital Collections: https://id.lib.harvard.edu/digital_collections/W363887_urn-3:HBS.Baker.AC:1086081 - CURIOSity - American Currency: https://id.lib.harvard.edu/curiosity/american-currency/66-W363887_urn-3:HBS.Baker.AC:1086081
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