Ten-dollar bill of credit, 1776, face |
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Title | Ten-dollar bill of credit, 1776 |
Creator | North Carolina. Provincial Congress (Halifax, N.C.) |
Date | April 2, 1776 |
Description | Ten-dollar bill of credit issued in 1776 and printed from plate likely engraved by Gabriel Lewyn of Baltimore, Maryland. |
Subject Name |
Lewyn, Gabriel. |
Subject Topical |
Paper money Numismatic collections Money -- North Carolina -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 |
Subject Geographic |
North Carolina Maryland |
DCMI Type | Image |
Title Note | Title supplied by repository |
Form General | Money |
Collection in Repository | North Carolina Collection Gallery Numismatic Collection |
Digital Collection | North Carolina Currency |
Repository | North Carolina Collection Gallery, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
Host | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
Local Identifier | CK926.35 |
Citation | Ten-dollar bill of credit, 1776; CK926.35; North Carolina Collection Numismatic Collection, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
Copyright Holder | Public Domain |
Medium of Original | Paper |
Style/Period | American Revolution |
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Title | Ten-dollar bill of credit, 1776, face |
Creator | North Carolina. Provincial Congress (Halifax, N.C.) |
Date | April 2, 1776 |
Description | One of 10,000 of this type authorized, printed from plate likely engraved by metalsmith Gabriel Lewyn of Baltimore, Maryland; vignette at bottom left of cherub holding arrow and liberty pole and cap [a "pileus" (Latin)], which was a felt cap worn by Roman slaves when they were set free; signed by G[reen] Hill, Willis Alston, Benjamin McCulloch, and J[ohn] Bradford; "TEN DOLLARS" printed vertically down left border; "DEATH TO COUNTERFEIT" printed vertically down right border. |
Transcription | No. Carolina Currency No. TEN DOLLARS. By Authority of Congress at Halifax April 2, 1776. |
Subject (tgm) |
Angels Arrows Liberty Hats Slavery Printers' ornaments |
Subject Name |
Hill, Green, 1741-1826. Alston, Willis. McCulloch, Benjamin, fl. 1776. Bradford, John. |
Subject Geographic |
North Carolina Maryland |
DCMI Type | Image |
Title Note | Title supplied by repository |
Form General | Money |
Physical Description | 85 x 65 mm |
Collection in Repository | North Carolina Collection Gallery Numismatic Collection |
Digital Collection | North Carolina Currency |
Repository | North Carolina Collection Gallery, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
Host | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
Local Identifier | CK926.35 |
Creator Identifier | Serial Number [4938] |
Citation | Ten-dollar bill of credit, 1776; CK926.35; North Carolina Collection Numismatic Collection, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
filename | CK926_35_NC1776_face.tif |
Copyright Holder | Public Domain |
Medium of Original | Paper |
path | \ncc\numismatics\ |
Style/Period | American Revolution |
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