Ten Shilling Note

American

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)

Gallery

Not on view

Culture

American

Title

Ten Shilling Note

Date

ca.1771

Medium

Rag paper

Classification

Currency, Coinage

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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