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| Issuer | State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations |
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| Year | 1780 |
| Type | Replica banknote |
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| Obverse description | Letterpress-printed bill on aged cream paper with decorative border of interlocking vine ornaments. The denomination THREE DOLLARS appears at top, below which the state title and a lengthy text body promise payment of three Spanish milled dollars with interest at five per centum per annum, redeemable by 31 December 1786. Interest rate table at lower left, with two manuscript signatures at right and COPY imprinted at foot. |
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| Obverse lettering | THREE DOLLARS STATE of RHODE-ISLAND and PROVIDENCE PLANTATIONS No. 2298 Three Dollars THE Possessor of this Bill shall be paid THREE Spanish milled DOLLARS by the Thir- ty first Day of December, One Thousand Seven Hundred and Eighty-six, with Interest in like Money, at the Rate of Five per Centum per Annum, by the State of Rhode- Island and Providence Plantations, according to an Act of the Legislature of the said State, of the Second Day of July, 1780. Interest. s. d. q. Annually, 0 10 3 Monthly, 0 0 3½ (signatures) COPY |
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| Reverse lettering | The United States EXITUS INDUBIO EST Printed by HALL and SELLERS THE UNITED STATES ensure the Payment of the within BILL, and will draw Bills of Exchange for the Interest annually, if de- manded, according to a Resolution of CON- GRESS, of the 18th of March, 1780 (signature) THE UNITED STATES (Translation: EXITUS INDUBIO EST - The outcome is undoubted) |
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