North Carolina paper currency, value two dollars

North Carolina paper currency, value two dollars

Paper money--North Carolina--Specimens

Lithograph two-dollar bill with narrow borders on all four sides; border at top: “ISSUED UNDER ACT RATIFIED 20TH DEC R 1862”; bottom border: “RECEIVABLE IN PAYMENT OF ALL PUBLIC DUES”; inside left border (san serif type): “J. T. PATERSON & Co. AUGUSTA., GA.” Main text: “2” on elaborately engraved oval seal, engraving of the state capitol building at Raleigh, “2” on an elaborately engraved oval seal/ (Serial letter) K/ THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA/ Will pay TWO DOLLARS to Bearer/ at the Treasury on or before 1st Jan. 1866/ Raleigh, January 1st 1863./ No. 142/ (in ink) Thos W. Dewey for Pub. Treasr”. Reverse is blank. Printed in black on plain paper

Building: State Capitol

J. T. Paterson & Co.

Tryon Palace

J. T. Paterson & Co.

1863, January 1st

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.1986.041.001

Raleigh, North Carolina

Augusta, Georgia

Money

OH: 2 11/16” (6.9 cm); OW: 6 ¼” (15.8. cm)