Object Details
- Connecticut
- Green, Timothy II
- Description
- One can't be too careful. This Connecticut note was falling apart when someone backed it with part of a contemporary newspaper, full of news about the war between England and France in the Caribbean. But simple glue would not suffice to mend the note. Someone carefully stitched the note again and again, covering it with an irregular but very strong reinforcement.
- And it worked. The bill was later canceled and retired by means of a cut from the center to the bottom margin, and it still held together-as did the dreams of the patriots who created and kept it in circulation.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Mr. Carl H. Jaeschke
- 1776
- date on object
- 1776-06-07
- ID Number
- NU.71.122.1117
- catalog number
- 71.122.1117
- accession number
- 297844
- serial number
- 6236
- Object Name
- paper money
- note
- Physical Description
- paper (overall material)
- thread (part material)
- newspaper (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 90 mm x 68 mm; 3 9/16 in x 2 11/16 in
- Place Made
- United States: Connecticut, Hartford
- Related Publication
- Zoomable Image and Details
- Glossary of Coins and Currency Terms
- Related Web Publication
- http://americanhistory.si.edu/coins/glossary.cfm
- See more items in
- Work and Industry: National Numismatic Collection
- NNC Colonial Currency
- Coins
- Numismatics
- Coins, Currency and Medals
- Legendary Coins
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_1289279
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ab-a8ac-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
