North Carolina paper currency, Debenture Bill value two shillings and six pence

North Carolina paper currency, Debenture Bill value two shillings and six pence

Paper money--North Carolina--Specimens

Money--North Carolina--Specimens

Engraved two shilling and six pence Debenture Bill issued by North Carolina. Printed from engraved copper plate with scroll leafage border on left edge and vignette of house in a circle on lower left corner. Inscribed: “Two Shillings & Six Pence. No 27099/ The Province of North carolina is in-/ debted to the Possessor hereof, two shil-/ lings & six pence proc. Money to be paid/ out of the Public Treasury according/ to Act of Assembly passed Decbr 1771” Ink signatures on obverse: “Rd Caswell” “Lewis De Rosset”/ “J Rutherfurd” and “John Harvey”. Bill has no inscriptions on the reverse. Bill has never been folded.
Building: House
Bill was issued in a series of 16,000. A total of £60,000 in Debenture Bills was issued pursuant to the December 1771 Act of the Assembly. The two shillings and six pence bill was issued in two series. This one with a shaded house is a later issue.

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.2000.017.047

North Carolina, New Bern

Money

OH: 2 3/8” (5.5 cm); OW: 4 1/8” (10.5 cm)