Three-hundred-dollar bill of credit, 1780, face |
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| Title | Three-hundred-dollar bill of credit, 1780 |
| Creator | North Carolina. General Assembly (New Bern, N.C.) |
| Date | May 10, 1780 |
| Description | Three-hundred-dollar bill of credit issued in 1780, New Bern. |
| Historical Notes | The backs of all the bills in the April 17 and May 10, 1780 issues include a credit to New Bern printer James Davis. On this three-hundred-dollar specimen from the latter issue, the Latin motto Aut numquam tentes aut perfice seems to offer a retort to those Americans who may have questioned the wisdom of waging war against Great Britain: "Either finish or never begin." |
| 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 | CK926.39 |
| Citation | Three-hundred-dollar bill of credit, 1780; CK926.39; North Carolina Collection Numismatic Collection, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
| Copyright Holder | Public Domain |
| Medium of Original | Paper |
| Style/Period | American Revolution |
Description
| Title | Three-hundred-dollar bill of credit, 1780, face |
| Creator | North Carolina. General Assembly (New Bern, N.C.) |
| Date | May 10, 1780 |
| Description | Part of $3,100,000 authorization, printed from set type by James Davis, New Bern, N.C.; three signatures in bottom right corner, including that of Jonathan Cooke; "Three Hundred Dollars" printed vertically down left border; "DEATH TO COUNTERFIET" printed vertically down right border ;. "Aut nunquam tentes aut perfice." (Either do not attempt or complete.) in box on lower left corner. |
| Transcription | North Carolina Currency. Three Hundred DOLLARS. No STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA. THIS BILL intitles the bearer to receive THREE HUNDRED Spanish milled dollars, or the value thereof in gold or silver, agreeable to an act of assembly passed at Newbern the tenth day of May, 1780. |
| Subject (tgm) | Printers' ornaments |
| Subject Name |
Davis, James, 1721-1785. Cooke, Jonathan. |
| Subject Geographic | North Carolina |
| DCMI Type | Image |
| Title Note | Title supplied by repository |
| Form General | Money |
| Physical Description | 93 x 71 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 | CK926.39 |
| Creator Identifier | Serial Number 1794 |
| Citation | Three-hundred-dollar bill of credit, 1780; CK926.39; North Carolina Collection Numismatic Collection, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
| filename | CK926_39_NC1780_face.tif |
| Copyright Holder | Public Domain |
| Medium of Original | Paper |
| path | \ncc\numismatics\ |
| Style/Period | American Revolution |
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