North Carolina paper currency, Debenture Bill value five pounds

North Carolina paper currency, Debenture Bill value five pounds

Paper money--North Carolina--Specimens

Money--North Carolina--Specimens

Engraved five-pound Debenture Bill issued by North Carolina. Printed from engraved copper plate with scroll leafage border on left edge and circular vignette of flags, cannon and drum on lower left corner. Inscribed: “5£. Five Pounds- No 93/ The Province of North carolina/ is indebted to the Possessor hereof,/ Five Pounds Proc. Money to be paid/ out of the Public Treasury according/ to Act of Assembly passed/ Decbr 1771.” Ink signatures on obverse: “John Harvey” “J Rutherfurd”/ “Lewis De Rosset” “Rd Caswell.” Inscribed in ink on the reverse: “Montfort” “I superimposed on O” (marks used as an issue control feature) and “Daniel Willis to IS.” Bill folded in half vertically.
Military: Drum, Cannons, Flags

James Davis

Tryon Palace

Davis, James

1771

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 Archives and History.”

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

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Money

TP.2000.017.053

North Carolina, New Bern

Money

OH: 2 9/16” (6.6 cm); OW: 3 15/16” (10.0 cm)