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Object Type
Museum number: 2008,4167.1
Denomination: dollar, 3
Description: Advertising slip with image of banknote on obverse. (whole); Image of one side of a Monmouth Bank 3 dollar banknote from 1842. In the centre top is a scene of milkmaids on a coastal field, with sailing ships visible in the distance. To the centre right is an image of liberty, with denominations above and below. Text to the bottom half of the note. Printed in black and grey. (obverse); Portrait of Spencer Peck to the left, surrounded by text. Text in centre. Image of the obverse of a United States 25 cents coin to the right. Printed in black. (reverse)
Authority
Production date: 2000 (circa)
Production place: Issued in: USA
Materials
Dimensions: Length: 192 millimetres; Width: 83 millimetres
Location: Not on display
Subjects: money/currency; allegory/personification; landscape; classical deity; advertising
Associated names: Portrait of: Spencer Peck; Representation of: Libertas
Associated places: Topographic representation of: Monmouth County
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 2008
Department: Coins and Medals
Registration number: 2008,4167.1

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