North Carolina paper currency, value forty shillings
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Title
North Carolina paper currency, value forty shillings
Subject
Paper money--North Carolina--Specimens
Money--North Carolina--Specimens
Description
Engraved forty-shilling note issued in North Carolina. Printed from engraved copper plate with scrolled leaf border on left edge and drum, cannon and flags encircled by a wreath in lower left corner. Printed inscription: “North Carolina/ XLS. Forty Shillings proclamation Mony [sic] According to Act of Assembly/ pass’d the 4th of April 1748.” Bill is numbered in upper right corner: “1989.” Signed in ink on obverse: “Saml Swann; “Elea[zer] S Allen,”/ “E Moreley.” Numerous ink signatures on the reverse: “Saml Benbury to B/ ….”; “from R Caswell ______/ to Jos Taylor;” “Robert Canfford to Wm Ingram” etc. Bill was folded in quarters.
Although the engraving is unsigned, the printer of the 1748-issue bills is probably James Davis (1721-1785), North Carolina’s first printer. Davis arrived from Williamsburg, Virginia, in 1749 to fill the post of public printer, an office created that year by the Assembly to print a revisal of the colony’s laws. He set up his printing shop in New Bern. His first job was printing currency for the province. The revised laws were not printed until 1751. The bill was issued in a series of 2,000.
Military: Drum, Cannons and Flags
Although the engraving is unsigned, the printer of the 1748-issue bills is probably James Davis (1721-1785), North Carolina’s first printer. Davis arrived from Williamsburg, Virginia, in 1749 to fill the post of public printer, an office created that year by the Assembly to print a revisal of the colony’s laws. He set up his printing shop in New Bern. His first job was printing currency for the province. The revised laws were not printed until 1751. The bill was issued in a series of 2,000.
Military: Drum, Cannons and Flags
Creator
James Davis
Source
Tryon Palace
Publisher
Davis, James
Date
1748, April 04
Contributor
Richards, Nancy
Knight, Dean
Rights
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.”
Relation
This is part of 54-piece gift of North Carolina paper currency issued between 1748 and 1771 from the same anonymous donor.
Format
jpg
Language
English
Type
Money
Identifier
TP.2000.017.006
Coverage
North Carolina, New Bern
Still Image Item Type Metadata
Original Format
Money
Physical Dimensions
OH: 2 3/8” (6 cm); OW: 4 ¾” (12.1 cm)
Collection
Citation
James Davis, “North Carolina paper currency, value forty shillings,” Craven County Digital History, accessed September 29, 2024, https://kellenberger.mycprl.org/digital/items/show/586.