North Carolina paper currency, value twenty shillings

North Carolina paper currency, value twenty shillings

Paper money--North Carolina--Specimens

Money--North Carolina--Specimens

Engraved twenty-shilling note issued by North Carolina. Printed from engraved copper plate with scrolled leaf border on left edge and crown in a circle on lower left corner. Printed inscription: “North Carolina./ xx s. Twenty Shillings/ Proclamation Money according to Act of / Assembly pass’d ye 9th of March 1754.” Bill is numbered in ink in upper right corner: “1485.” Signed in ink on obverse: “John Starkey,” “Sam Swann”/ “Jno Swann” and (faintly) “Lewis De Rosset.” In ink on reverse: “R:O:MK.” Bill folded in half.
Symbol: Crown

James Davis

Tryon Palace

Davis, James

1754, March 09

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.2000.017.014

North Carolina, New Bern

Money

OH: 2 5/8” (6.7 cm); OW: 5 1/8” (13 cm)