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Auction: 314 - Numismatic Collector's Series Sale
Lot: 127

New Hampshire. Province of New Hampshire. December 25, 1734. 10 Shillings. Indented engraved Promissory Note. Serial Number 1727. Ornate scroll in the upper corners. Angel with wings above PROVINCE OF N. HAMPSHIRE. Colonial Seal with large tree in frame topped by angel. BENEFICIO COMMERCII (for the benefit of trade) in the seal of the frame. Ship on back. Boldly signed on the front by Samuel Smith, Andrew Wiggin and John Downing, Jr. Signed on the back by Hunking Wentworth. These were sponsored by private merchants, and were redeemable in New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island or Connecticut. Mounted to a strip of paper along the left edge. The upper left and lower right corners are missing, there is a stamp hinge on the back, and there is a fold junction hole near the center, otherwise VF-EF. All of the major design elements are present, and this is still a decent example of these early and elusive notes. Ex. Henry Chapman.

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