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Early Paper Money of America / New Hampshire / 1760 March 1

£8,000 as the third emission of Sterling Bills issued out of £15,000 authorized on March 1, 1760 and due with 2 1/2% interest on Dec. 25, 1764, similar to the previous issue. The motto PAX BELLO POTIOR (Peace is preferable to war) is probably on all bills. The issue was extensively counterfeited. Signers were Theodore Atkinson, Eleazer Russell, Henry Sherburne, William Waldron, Daniel Warner, Theodore Westbrook, and Richard Wibird.

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