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

Typeset Debenture Bill issued by North Carolina with borders all around; borders on the sides and bottom contain the denomination and inscription “Death to counterfeit.” Printed text: “North Carolina. [No. 756 ]/ [£ V] FIVE POUNDS./ THE Province of North-Carolina is in-/debted to the Possessor hereof, Five Pounds,/ Proclamation Money; to be paid out of the Pub-/ lic Treasury, on Demand, at any Time after the/ Tenth Day of JUNE, 1772, ac-cording to ACT/ of ASSEMBLY, passed December 1768. Ink signatures on obverse: Rd Caswell, Lewis De Rosset, Jas Hasell, and Thos C. Howe. Ink inscriptions on reverse: “Jacob Lewis/ To. H.B--”“Recd of [illegible] Young” “AM 37[illegible]” “K C to 55” “Miller to/ Micarah (?) Stone” “A. Hostler/ too.” Bill folded in half vertically.

James Davis

Tryon Palace

Davis, James

1768

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.2000.017.045

North Carolina, New Bern

Money

OH: 2 15/16” (7.5 cm); OW: 3 5/8” (9.2 cm)