North Carolina paper currency, Bill of Credit value four dollars

North Carolina paper currency, Bill of Credit value four dollars

Paper money--North Carolina--Specimens

Typeset four-dollar Bill of Credit issued by North Carolina with borders all around; border on top printed “NORTH CAROLINA CURRENCY ”, on left : “Death to COUNTERFEIT.”, on right: “FOUR DOLLARS.” Printed text: “FOUR DOLLARS/ No 6317/ STATE of NORTH CAROLINA./ THIS Bill intitles [sic] the Bearer to receive FOUR/ Spanish mill’d DOLLARS, or the Value thereof/ in Gold & Silver, agreeable to an Act of Assem-/bly passed at Hillsborough the 8th Day of August/ 1778.” Motto in lower left corner: “A Lesson to arbitrary/ Kings, and wicked/ Ministers.” Signed in ink: “R Cogdell”/ “J Cobb.” Printed on reverse: “FOUR DOLLARS/ Printed by James Davis,/ 1778.”

£850,000  ($2,125,000) in legal tender Bills of Credit was authorized by the August 8, 1778 Act. Bills were printed on both sides. This denomination was issued in a series of 12,500. Signers include: Joseph Armitage, J. Burk, M. Caswell, Richard Caswell, S.Caswell, Jesse Cobb, Richard Cogdell, James Coor, David Cox, Jr., Oroondates  Davis, Benjamin Exum, James Green, Thomas Harvey, Benjamin Hawkins, Joseph Jones, James Kenan, James Kerr, John Lillington, C. Markland, H. Machilwien, Thomas Satterwhite, William Sharp, R. White,and James Williams.

James Davis

Tryon Palace

Patterson, James F., Jr.

1778

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.1987.037.001

North Carolina

Hillsboro, North Carolina

Money

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