North Carolina paper currency, value thirty shillings

North Carolina paper currency, value thirty shillings

Paper money--North Carolina--Specimens

Money--North Carolina--Specimens

Engraved thirty-shilling note issued in North Carolina. Printed from engraved copper plate with scroll and shell border on left edge and winged stirrup in a circle in lower left corner. Printed inscription: “North Carolina/ XXXS Thirty Shillings/ Proclamation Mony [sic] according to Act of/ Assembly pass’d the 4th of April 1748.” Ink serial number: “1404.” Faint signatures on obverse: “Saml Swann,” “Eleazer Allen,”/ “John Starkey” and “E[ward] Moseley.” Ink inscription on reverse: “Capt. Saml Prince[?]/ To Saml Taylor/ E__-ton to Oliver/ from James Bell/ from John Newton;” “K M Al[illegible];” “Wm K[illegible];” “G: Kil[illegible];” “R Dange;” “of Tho Street [?]” and other intelligible writing. Calculation: “4.15/ 1.10// 6. 5.” The bill was folded in quarters.
Symbol: Winged Cap

James Davis

Tryon Palace

Davis, James

1748, April 04

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.2000.017.005

North Carolina, New Bern

Money

OH: 2 5/8” (6.7 cm); OW: 5” (12.7 cm)