North Carolina paper currency, Debenture Bill value five shillings

North Carolina paper currency, Debenture Bill value five shillings

Paper money--North Carolina--Specimens

Money--North Carolina--Specimens

Engraved five shilling Debenture Bill issued by North Carolina. Printed from engraved copper plate with scroll leafage border on left edge and circular vignette of quill pens in ink well on a stack of paper on lower left corner. Inscribed: “5s. FIVE SHILLINGS -- No 3662/ The Province of North carolina is/ indebted to the Possessor hereof/ Five Shillings Proc. Money to be paid out/ of the Public Treasury according to/ Act of Assembly passed/ Decbr 1771” Ink signatures on obverse: “Lewis De Rosset” “Rd Caswell”/ “John Harvey” and “J Rutherfurd.” Bill has no inscriptions on the reverse. Bill folded in half vertically.
Symbol: Quill Pens

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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English

Money

TP.2000.017.048

North Carolina, New Bern

Money

OH: 2 1/16” (5.3 cm); OW: 3 5/8” (9.2 cm)