Object Status:
Unlocated
Accession Date:
October 1775
Primary Source Reference:
Du Simitière Memorandum Books, Library of Congress, fol. 4v
Notes:
Massachusetts fractional currency of 1722. Printed from type on parchment. Bill for 1 pence: 1¾ inches in diameter. Bill for 2 pence: 1¾ inches square. Bill for 3 pence: 2 inches in diameter.
George L. McKay, Early American currency (New York,1944) / http://numismatics.org/digitallibrary/ark:/53695/nnan122578
The donor, Francis Hopkinson (1737-1791), was an author, composer, delegate to Congress and signer of the Declaration of Independence, and a federal judge.
