NC 1780 $25
Dublin Core
Title
NC 1780 $25
Subject
Money--North Carolina--Specimens
Paper money--North Carolina--Specimens
Description
North Carolina paper currency, Bill of Credit value twenty five dollars
Typeset twenty-five dollar Bill of Credit issued by North Carolina with borders all around; top border printed “north carolina currency,” on left border: “TWENTY FIVE Dollars.”, on right border, “Death to Counterfeit.” Printed text: “Twenty Five DOLLARS./ No. 2190 / State of North Carolina./ This bill intitles [sic] the Bearer to receive twenty/ five Spanish milled Dollars, or the Value thereof/ in Gold or Silver, agreeable to an Act of As-/ sembly passed at newbern the 10th Day of / May, 1780.” Typeset motto in lower left corner: “Terra libera/ Notam Praetii in/ me pasuit” (A free land placed a mark of value on me). Ink signatures: “Joseph L[eech]/ J Green jr.” Reverse: “Twenty Five Dollars,/ Printed by James Davis/ 1780.”
£1,240,000 ($3,100,000) in legal tender Bills of Credit authorized by Act of the Assembly on May 10, 1880 This Act gave the Governor the right to issue additional bills. The Governor apparently added to the issued of $25, $100 and $500 bills and created new denomination of $200, $300, $400 and $600. This particular design was issued in a series of 8,000. Bills were printed on both sides. A distinctive feature of this issue is a missing center bar in the “F” of Five.
Creator
Davis, James
Source
Purchase
Publisher
James Davis
Date
1780
Contributor
Richards, Nancy
Knight, Dean
Rights
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.”
Format
OH: 2½” (6.4 cm); OW: 3 3/8” (8.6 cm)
Language
eng
Type
Money
Identifier
TP.1986.035.001
Coverage
New Bern, Craven County, North Carolina
Still Image Item Type Metadata
Original Format
Money
Physical Dimensions
OH: 2½” (6.4 cm); OW: 3 3/8” (8.6 cm)
Collection
Citation
Davis, James, “NC 1780 $25,” Craven County Digital History, accessed September 29, 2024, https://kellenberger.mycprl.org/digital/items/show/523.