NC 1760 40 Shillings

Title

North Carolina paper currency, Bill of Credit value forty shillings

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 5/8” (9.2 cm)

Description:

Typeset Bill of Credit issued by North Carolina with borders on all four sides with “Death to counterfeit” on the bottom and side borders. Printed inscription: “II. £.   N^o 187   2 l. / THIS Bill of Forty Shillings, shall/ pass current in all Payments, as Pro-/clamation Money, within the Province of/ North-Carolina, according to ACT of ASSEMBLY passed the 14^th of / July 1760./ 40 s. Death to counterfeit. 40s.”  Ink signatures on obverse (very faded): ‘John Starkey,” “Jn^o Swann,”/ “Sam^l Swann” and “Lewis DeRosset.” Ink inscription on reverse:  “W^m Whitfield Jr/ £3/ Lewis Bryan/ [illegible]38.” 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. Note that crowns are inverted on bottom border.

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.”