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Recto. Massachusetts, 5 shillings, 1779

Title
Recto. Massachusetts, 5 shillings, 1779
Creator / Contributor
Fleet, Thomas, 1732-1797 [producer], Revere, Paul, 1735-1818, American [producer]
Date
1779
Edition
Massachusetts, 1779
Language
No linguistic content
Description
Extent: 7.9 x 6.5 cm.
Materials/Techniques: ink on paper
paper
Subjects
Places
Baker Library Special Collections and Archives, Harvard Business School
Abstract
Sun contains a face and is printed on the right side. Interlacing lines in borders.
Genre
currencies
engravings
Notes
General note: Note in manuscript: issue number "6249" and signature in brown ink.
Subject: Continental currency. (Referred to as, "Continentals").
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."
Rights: Baker Library Special Collections and Archives, Harvard Business School: These images may not be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, without permission in writing from the Historical Collections Department, Baker Library, Harvard Business School. Appointment necessary to consult collection.

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