North Carolina paper currency, value six shillings

North Carolina paper currency, value six shillings

Money--North Carolina--Specimens

Paper money--North Carolina--Specimens

Engraved six-shilling note issued for North Carolina. Printed from engraved copper plate with scrolled leaf border on left edge and fleur-de-lis in a circle on lower left corner. Printed inscription (in script): “North Carolina/ VI S Six Shillings/ Proclamation Mony [sic] according to Act of/ Assembly pass’d the 4th of April 1748.” Bill is numbered in ink in upper right corner: “835.” Signed in ink on obverse: “Saml Swann.” Signatures of other signers—Eleazer Allen, Edward Moseley, and John Starkey—are no longer legible. On reverse are the inscriptions: “E. Wrenford” and “Thomas Alman E.” The note is printed on very thin paper and mounted on stronger stock. It was folded in quarters.

[James Davis]

Tryon Palace

Davis, James

1748, April 04

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.”

This bill is part of a 54-piece of North Carolina paper currency issued between 1748 and 1771, a gift from the same anonymous donor

OH: 2 3/8” (6 cm); OW: 4 ¾” (12.1 cm)

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TP.2000.017.001

North Carolina, New Bern

Money

OH: 2 3/8” (6 cm); OW: 4 ¾” (12.1 cm)