NC 1760 20 Shillings

Title

North Carolina paper currency, Bill of Credit value twenty shillings

Maker

James Davis, printer

Material

Type on laid paper, ink

Origin

North Carolina, New Bern

Date:

1760

Dimensions:

OH: 3 3/16” (8.1 cm); OW:  3 3/8” (8.7 cm)

Description:

Typeset Bill of Credit issued by North Carolina with narrow borders on the bottom and sides with inscription: “Death to counterfeit.” Printed inscription: (XX s.) N^o 1274 (I £)/ THIS Bill of Twenty/ Shillings, shall pass current in/ all Payments, as Proclamation Money,/ within the Province of North-Caro-/lina, according to Act of Assembly/ passed the 14^th of July 1760./ (i £) Death to Counterfeit.   (20s.) ” Ink signatures on obverse: “Jn^o Swann,” “Sam^l Swann”/ “John Starkey” and “Lewis DeRosset.” Ink inscription on reverse: “JC to AG.” Bill folded in half horizontally.

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 2,000.

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.”