North Carolina paper currency, value twenty dollars

North Carolina paper currency, value twenty dollars

Paper money--North Carolina--Specimens

Engraved Bill with broad border on left: “XX”/ vignette of corn and wheat/ “20” on a circular seal. On right edge: “J.T.Paterson & Co. Augusta, Ga.” Main text: (Serial letter) “B”, vignette of railroad train in landscape, “20” on a circular seal/ No 1232 (in red ink)/ THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA/ Will pay TWENTY DOLLARS to Bearer/ at the Treasury on or before 1st Jan 1865./ Raleigh May 1 (in red ink) 1862 (in red ink)/ “[illegible] Womble FOR COMMt. [illegible] for Pub. Treasr.” Overprinted on the train vignette in red: “FUNDABLE/ ONLY/ IN SIX PER CENT. BONDS.” Reverse is blank.

Symbol: Train

J. T. Paterson & Co

Tryon Palace

Dunn, John G., Jr.

J. T. Paterson & Co

1862, May 1

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 Archive and History.”

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English

Money

TP.1988.023.002

Georgia, Augusta

North Carolina

Money

OH: 2 11/16” (6.8 cm); OW: 7 9/16” (19.2 cm)