North Carolina paper currency, Bill of Credit value three pounds

North Carolina paper currency, Bill of Credit value three pounds

Paper money--North Carolina--Specimens

Money--North Carolina--Specimens

Typeset Bill of Credit issued by North Carolina with borders on all four sides; printed inscription in bottom and side borders: “Death to counterfeit.” Printed inscription: 60 s. No 349 or 549 iii. £ / THIS Bill of Three pounds, shall/ pass current in all Payments, as Proclama-/tion Money, within the Province of North Ca/rolina, according to Act of Assembly passed the/ 14th of July 1760./ iii £ Death to counterfeit. 3 l.” Ink signatures on obverse: “John Starkey” “Jno Swann,”/ “Saml Swann” and “Lewis DeRosset.” Ink inscription on reverse: “fr mercer/ to bus fild [sic],” “Sam Wiggins to B C,” and “W Gibbs.” Bill folded in half vertically.

James Davis

Tryon Palace

Davis, James

1760

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 a 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.2000.017.029

North Carolina, New Bern

Money

OH: 3 1/8” (7.9 cm); OW: 3 ½” (9 cm)