Uncut NC 1780 $25 and $100

Uncut NC 1780 $25 and $100

North Carolina paper currency, Bills of Credit value twenty-five dollars and one hundred dollars

Two typeset Bills of Credit issued by North Carolina with borders all around; wider borders on sides and top. (Top) Printed text (obverse): “DEATH TO COUNTERFEIT./ One Hundred/ DOLLARS. No 5512/ STATE of NORTH CAROLINA. / This bill intitles [sic] the Bearer to receive/ One Hundred Spanish mill’d Dollars, / or the value thereof in Gold or Silver, agreeable to an Act of Assembly passed/ at Newbern the 10th Day of May 1780.” In lower left corner: “Fortis cadère cedere/ non potest (a brave man cannot fail).”On left border: “North Carolina Currency.” On right border: “one hundred dollars.” Ink signatures: “Jas Coor.” Reverse: “100 Dollars./ Printed by J A. DAVIS,/ 1780.” (Bottom) Printed text (obverse): “North Carolina Currency./ TWENTY FIVE DOLLARS./ No 5512 / State of North Carolina./ This Bill intitles [sic] the Bearer to receive twenty/ five Spanish mill’d Dollars, or the Value thereof/ in Gold or Silver, agreeable to an Act of Assem/ bly passed at Newbern this 10th Day of May,/ 1780.” In lower left corner: “Quid non virtute/ efficiendum. (What is not to be accomplished by virtue).” On left border: “Death to Counterfeit.” Right border: “Twenty Five dollars.” Ink signature: Jas. Coor.” Reverse: “XXV DOLLARS/ Printed by James Davis,/ 1780.”

Davis, James

Toon, Pauline

Davis, James

1780

Richards, Nancy

This item is presented courtesy of the New Bern-Craven County Public Library and Tryon Palace Historic Sites for research and educational purposes. Prior permission from the New Bern-Craven County Public Library is required for any commercial use.

OH: 9 1/8” (13.0 cm); OW: 3 9/16” (9.0 cm)

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Money

TP.1961.033.001

New Bern, Craven County, North Carolina

North Carolina

Money

OH: 9 1/8” (13.0 cm); OW: 3 9/16” (9.0 cm)