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Auction: 314 - Numismatic Collector's Series Sale
Lot: 128

New Hampshire. Province of New Hampshire. December 25, 1734. 10 Shillings. Indented engraved Promissory Note. Serial Number 3140. 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 Henry Sherburne, Joshua Peirce and John Rindge. Signed on the back by Hunking Wentworth. These were sponsored by private merchants, and were redeemable in New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island or Connecticut. Small pieces out near three of the corners, a tiny paper separation is noted at the central fold junction and the Rindge signature is faded. A mounting remnant is near the lower left corner. Otherwise EF. Note that "N. Hamps" at the end of the fourth line of text from the bottom extends over the right border and into the margin. Ex. Henry Chapman.

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