North Carolina paper currency, Treasury note value twenty shillings

North Carolina paper currency, Treasury note value twenty shillings

Paper money--North Carolina--Specimens

Money--North Carolina--Specimens

Twenty-shilling Treasury note issued by North Carolina with narrow borders on all four sides. Printed inscription: “North-Carolina./ [ XX s.] Twenty Shillings./ This NOTE shall entitle the Bearer hereof,/ to Twenty SHILLINGS Proclamation Money, to/ be paid out of the Public Treasury, with lawful/ Interest, from the Date, to the 12th of December/ 1759; and shall be current, and a Tender in all/ Payments, according to Act of Assembly, passed/ May 4th, 1758. Issued this [illegible] Day of June 1758./ [ 1 £ ]/ /8 John Sharkey and T Baker Pub. Trea. (Inked-in information underlined.) Illegible serial number in upper right corner. Ink inscriptions on the reverse: “Mr Miller/ to N A,” “from W’m Falher (?) to V,” “Robbinson to m J,” Jno Stevans to JS,” and “Wm Jones.” Bill folded in half in both directions.

James Davis

Tryon Palace

Davis, James

1758

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.2000.017.021

North Carolina, New Bern

Money

OH: 2 7/8” (7.3 cm); OW: 4” (10.2 cm)