Ten Shilling Note
Brooklyn Museum photograph
Caption
American. Ten Shilling Note, ca.1771. Rag paper, Sheet: 2 15/16 x 4 1/4 in. (7.5 x 10.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Reverend Cornelius Vander Naald, 68.6.6. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)
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Collection
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Culture
Title
Ten Shilling Note
Date
ca.1771
Medium
Rag paper
Classification
Dimensions
Sheet: 2 15/16 x 4 1/4 in. (7.5 x 10.8 cm)
Inscriptions
"Ten shillings, Nr 2227 (written). By a law of the colony of New York. This bill shall be received in all payments in the Treasury for Ten Shillings. New York, February 16, 1771." Under state seal: "tis death to counterfeit."
Credit Line
Gift of Reverend Cornelius Vander Naald
Accession Number
68.6.6
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