NC 1778 $10

NC 1778 $10

Money--North Carolina--Specimens

Paper money--North Carolina--Specimens

North Carolina paper currency, Bill of Credit value ten dollars

Typeset ten-dollar Bill of Credit issued by North Carolina with borders all around; top border printed “north carolina currency,” on left border: Ten Dollars”and on right, “Death to Counterfeit.” Printed text: “TEN DOLLARS./ No. 15725 / State of North Carolina./ This bill intitles [sic] the Bearer to receive/ TEN Spanish milled DOLLARS, or the/ Value thereof, in Gold or Silver, agree-/ able to an Act of Assembly passed at Hillsborough/ the eighth Day of August, 1778.” Typeset motto in lower left corner: “Persecution the Ruin/ of Empire.” Ink signature: “J Burk”/ J Armitage.” Reverse: “TEN DOLLARS./ Printed by J. Davis/ 1778.”

£850,000 ($2,125,000) in legal tender Bills of Credit authorized by Act of the Assembly on August 8, 1778. Bills were printed on both sides. This denomination was issued in a series of 8,000. Signers included.

Davis, James

Wohl, Stanly S.

James Davis

1778

Richards, Nancy

Knight, Dean

Permission to use the photograph must be obtained in writing from Tryon Palace Historic Sites & Gardens, New Bern, North Carolina. It must be accompanied by the caption” From the collection of Tryon Palace Historic Sites & Gardens, New Bern, North Carolina; North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources, Division of Archive and History.”

OH: 2 9/16” (6.5 cm); OW: 3 ½” (8.5 cm)

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Money

TP.1986.034.001

New Bern, Craven County, North Carolina

Money

OH: 2 9/16” (6.5 cm); OW: 3 ½” (8.5 cm)