North Carolina paper currency, Debenture Bill value thirty shillings

North Carolina paper currency, Debenture Bill value thirty shillings

Paper money--North Carolina--Specimens

Money--North Carolina--Specimens

Engraved thirty shilling Debenture Bill issued by North Carolina. Printed from engraved copper plate with scroll and shell border on left edge and circular vignette of hand holding a falchion (medieval sword) on lower left corner. Inscribed: “30s. THIRTY SHILLINGS -- No 263/ The Province of North carolina is in-/ debted to the Possessor hereof Thirty/ Shillings Proc. Money to be paid out/ of the Public Treasury according to/ Act of Assembly passed/ Dec 1771” Ink signatures on obverse: “J Rutherfurd” and “John Harvey”/ “Rd Caswell” and “Lewis De Rosset.” Bill signed on the reverse: “Montfort.” Bill folded in half vertically.
Person: Hand holding Dagger
Bill was issued in a series of 4,000. A total of £60,000 in Debenture Bills was issued pursuant to the December 1771 Act of the Assembly. Joseph Montfort was the Treasurer for the Northern District of North Carolina. Counterfeit thirty-shilling bills in this series are known.

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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TP.2000.017.050

North Carolina, New Bern

Money

OH: 2 7/16” (6.3 cm); OW: 3 ¾” (10.0 cm)