North Carolina paper currency, Treasury note value ten shillings

North Carolina paper currency, Treasury note value ten shillings

Paper money--North Carolina--Specimens

Money--North Carolina--Specimens

Treasury note issued by North Carolina with narrow borders on all four sides. Printed inscription: “NORTH-Carolina./ [ 10 s.] This NOTE shall entitle the Bearer hereof to TEN/ SHILLINGS, Proclamation Money, to be paid out of the/ Public Treasury, with lawful interest, from the Date, / to Dec. 12th, 1759; and shall be current, and a Ten-/der in all Payments, according to Act of Assembly,/ passed May 4th, 1758. Issued this ____ Day of ____ 1758./ ( X Shill. )/ Pub. Trea. [Inked-in dates illegible.] Illegible serial number in upper right corner. Signed in ink on obverse: “John Starkey” and “T[homas] Baker.” Also “10/8d” In ink on reverse: four mathematical calculations. Bill folded in half horizontally and in one-third vertically.

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.2000.017.020

North Carolina, New Bern

Money

OH: 3 1/8” (8.0 cm) ; OW: 3 15/16” (10.0 cm)