2 Shillings and 6 Pence, Connecticut, 1776
date: label: date made
content: 1776
label: date on object
content: 1776-06-07
name: label: maker
content: Connecticut
label: maker
content: Green, Timothy II
notes: label: Description
content: 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.
label: Description
content: 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.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: Place Made
content: United States: Connecticut, Hartford
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content: Work and Industry: National Numismatic Collection
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content: NNC Colonial Currency
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content: Coins
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content: Numismatics
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content: Coins, Currency and Medals
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content: Legendary Coins
publisher: label: Related Publication
content: Zoomable Image and Details
label: Related Publication
content: Glossary of Coins and Currency Terms
label: Related Web Publication
content: http://americanhistory.si.edu/coins/glossary.cfm
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Mr. Carl H. Jaeschke
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: NU.71.122.1117
label: catalog number
content: 71.122.1117
label: accession number
content: 297844
label: serial number
content: 6236
objectType: label: Object Name
content: paper money
label: Object Name
content: note
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: thread (part material)
label: Physical Description
content: newspaper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 90 mm x 68 mm; 3 9/16 in x 2 11/16 in