1978.51.6.0038 (Currency)

February 16, 1773; Five pounds, serial no. 44323. The seal of the City of New York appears on front right. At the top is the seated Britannia in a roundel with an Indian holding a bow and arrows and the new world to the right while to the left is a figure of Commerce seated on a barrel and holding a lyre with ships behind her. In the paper is the right half of a circular watermark (45mm) with a G to the right edge. Color: BK,WH