Title

North Carolina paper currency, Bill of Credit value three pounds

Maker

James Davis, printer

Material

Type on laid paper, ink

Origin

North Carolina, New Bern

Date:

1760

Dimensions:

OH: 3 1/8” (7.9 cm); OW:  3 ½” (9 cm)

Description:

Typeset Bill of Credit issued by North Carolina with borders on all four sides; printed inscription in bottom and side borders: “Death to counterfeit.” Printed inscription: 60 s.  N^o 349 or 549   iii. £ / THIS Bill of Three pounds, shall/ pass current in all Payments, as Proclama-/tion Money, within the Province of North Ca/rolina, according to Act of Assembly passed the/ 14^th of July 1760./ iii £ Death to counterfeit.  3 l.” Ink signatures on obverse: “John Starkey” “Jn^o Swann,”/ “Sam^l Swann” and “Lewis DeRosset.” Ink inscription on reverse: “fr mercer/ to bus fild [sic],” “Sam Wiggins to B C,” and “W Gibbs.” Bill folded in half vertically.

Donor:

Anonymous

Relation:

This is part of 54-piece gift of North Carolina paper currency issued between 1748 and 1771 from the same anonymous donor.

Comments:

Bill issued in a series of 1,000.

Language:

En

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 Archive and History.”