NC 1863 $20

Title

North Carolina paper currency, value twenty dollars

Maker

J. T. Paterson & Co., Augusta Ga., printer

Material

Type on laid paper, ink

Origin

Georgia, Augusta

Date:

1862, May 1

Dimensions:

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

Description:

Engraved Bill with broad border on left: “XX”/ vignette of corn and wheat/  “20” on a circular seal. On right edge: “J.T.Paterson & C^o.  Augusta, G^a.” Main text: (Serial letter) “B”, vignette of railroad train in landscape, “20” on a circular seal/ N^o 1232 (in red ink)/ the STATE of NORTH CAROLINA/ Will pay TWENTY DOLLARS to Bearer/ at the Treasury on or before 1^st Jan 1865./ Raleigh May 1 (in red ink) 1862 (in red ink)/  “[illegible] Womble for Comm^t.  [illegible] for Pub. Treas^r.”  Overprinted on the train vignette in red: “FUNDABLE/ ONLY/ in six per cent. bonds.” Reverse is blank.

Donor:

John G. Dunn, Jr.

Relation:

Comments:

On display in the New Bern Academy Museum.

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.”