Ten-dollar bill of credit, 1778, face |
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| Title | Ten-dollar bill of credit, 1778 |
| Creator | North Carolina. General Assembly (Hillsborough, N.C.) |
| Date | August 8, 1778 |
| Description | Ten-dollar bill of credit issued in 1778 and printed by James Davis in New Bern. |
| Historical Notes | There are three different versions of a ten-dollar bill in the 1778 authorization. Those versions are distinguished by different mottoes inscribed on the bills' lower-left corners. This particular specimen carries the prophetical observation "Persecution the Ruin of Empires." |
| Subject Name |
Davis, James, 1721-1785. |
| Subject Topical |
Paper money Numismatic collections Money -- North Carolina -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 |
| Subject Geographic | North Carolina |
| 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 | CK999.14 |
| Citation | Ten-dollar bill of credit, 1778; CK999.14; North Carolina Collection Numismatic Collection, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
| Copyright Holder | Public Domain |
| Medium of Original | Paper |
| path | \ncc\numismatics\ |
| Style/Period | American Revolution |
Description
| Title | Ten-dollar bill of credit, 1778, face |
| Creator | North Carolina. General Assembly (Hillsborough, N.C.) |
| Date | August 8, 1778 |
| Description | Bill has scrollwork on all four sides; faded signatures of James Kerr and William Sharpe at lower right; "Persecution the Ruin of Empires" printed in lower left corner; "DEATH TO COUNTERFEIT" printed vertically down right border; "TEN DOLLARS" printed vertically down left border. |
| Transcription | NORTH CAROLINA CURRENCY TEN DOLLARS. No STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA. THIS BILL intitles the Bearer to receive TEN Spanish milled DOLLARS, or the Value thereof in Gold or Silver, agreeable to an Act of Assembly passed at Hillsborough the eighth Day of August, 1778. |
| Subject (tgm) | Printers' ornaments |
| Subject Name |
Kerr, James. Sharpe, William, 1742-1818. |
| Subject Geographic | North Carolina |
| DCMI Type | Image |
| Title Note | Title supplied by repository |
| Form General | Money |
| Physical Description | 89 x 64 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 | CK999.14 |
| Creator Identifier | Serial Number 22754 |
| Citation | Ten-dollar bill of credit, 1778; CK999.14; North Carolina Collection Numismatic Collection, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
| filename | CK999_14_NC1778_face.tif |
| Copyright Holder | Public Domain |
| Medium of Original | Paper |
| path | \ncc\numismatics\ |
| Style/Period | American Revolution |
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