NC 1768 5 Pounds

Title

North Carolina paper currency, Debenture Bill value five pounds

Maker

James Davis, printer

Material

Type on laid paper, ink

Origin

North Carolina, New Bern

Date:

1768

Dimensions:

OH: 2 15/16” (7.5 cm); OW:  3 5/8” (9.2 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. 756 ]/  [£  V] FIVE POUNDS./ THE Province of North-Carolina is in-/debted to the Possessor hereof, Five Pounds,/ Proclamation Money; to be paid out of the Pub-/ lic 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: R^d Caswell, Lewis De Rosset, Ja^s Hasell, and Tho^s C. Howe. Ink inscriptions on reverse: “Jacob Lewis/ To. H.B--”“Rec^d of [illegible] Young” “AM 37[illegible]”  “K C to 55” “Miller to/ Micarah (?) Stone” “A. Hostler/ too.” 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:

 £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.”