Title

North Carolina paper currency, Debenture Bill value twenty shillings

Maker

James Davis, printer

Material

Type on laid paper, ink

Origin

North Carolina, New Bern

Date:

1768

Dimensions:

OH: 3 1/16” (7.8 cm); W: 3 ½” (9.5 cm)

Description:

Typeset Debenture Bill issued by North Carolina with borders all around; borders on the sides and bottom contain the denomination and inscription “Death to counterfeit.” Printed text: “North-Carolina.  [No. 515  ]/  [XX S.]  twenty shillings./ THE Province of North-Carolina is in-/debted to the Possessor hereof, Twenty Shillings,/ Proclamation Money; to be paid out of the Public Treasury, on Demand, at any /Time after the Tenth Day of JUNE, 1772, ac-cording to ACT of ASSEMBLY, passed December/ 1768.Ink signatures on obverse: “Lewis De Rosset” “R^d Caswell”/ “Tho^s C. Howe” and “Ja^s Hasell.” Ink inscriptions on reverse: “M Little/ to/ SI (conjoined),”      “ I John Alston/ to Cha^s Atkinson,” “Tho^s Devaughn/ to B” and “Jacke (?) Bryan /to T.T.” Bill folded vertically and horizontally in quarters.

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:

 £20,000 in Debenture Bills payable in Proclamation Money after June 10 1772 as authorized by the December 5 1768 Act of the Assembly. Bills were issued in denomination of 2s6d (two series differing slightly in layout of text), 5s, 10s, 20s, 40s, £3 and £5.

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.”